University of Washington opens greenhouse connected to five-story STEM building

The 14,000-square-foot greenhouse contains the corpse flower and carnivorous plants.


When the University of Washington’s 46,000 students return to class on September 26, biology majors will walk into a new 207,000-square-foot building devoted to the university’s most popular STEM major (600 undergraduate biology degrees are awarded each year). The interior of the five-story Life Sciences Building, located in the southwest corner of the UW’s main campus (3745 W Stevens Way NE), is unusual, featuring an open, flexible and modular design.

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