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Building 29A had a different floor plan and design from Building 29 and most other lab buildings at NIH. Instead of a central corridor, there was an exterior corridor around the entire perimeter of the building and then two smaller cross corridors. Labs faced the interior of the building and were shielded from light, heat, and noise from outdoors. A utility core behind each hallway allowed for this configuration and brought electric, plumbing, gas, etc. to the labs. Air intake towers, located in the median of the parking area in front of the building, provided clean air for the mechanical system, while a high velocity exhaust air system was placed on the roof to ensure dilution and dispersion of laboratory and vivarium exhaust air.

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a black and white first floor plan of Building 29A with red boxes showing utility cores and yellow boxes showing pedestrian circulation

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Utility cores are in red, pedestrian circulation (including the exterior corridor and cross corridors) is in yellow on Building 29A first floor plan. 

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NIH Office of Research Facilities 1964

Architect/Engineer:

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Smith Hinchman & Grylls Associates (Detroit, MI)

Builder, contractor, suppliers:

Public Building Services of the General Services Administration (GSA) administered the contracts, under the direction of Bernard L. Boutin. George Hyman Construction Co. served as the general contractor. W.G. Cornell Co. was the mechanical subcontractor, with E.C. Ernst, Inc. serving as the electrical subcontractor.


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