SLAC Science and User Support Building

Menlo Park, CA
Modern multi-story office building glows with interior lights, facing a curved driveway and flagpoles at dusk; landscaped beds and parked cars surround the glass-and-panel façade. Text visible: "053", "SLAC".
Project Info
  • Client: KMD Architects
  • Owner: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
  • Project Cost: $51,600,000
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The Science and User Support Building (SUSB) at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in Menlo Park, California, serves as a central gateway to the campus and supports SLAC’s “One Lab” collaborative-science initiative. The 63,000-square-foot facility includes the Director’s office, user support services, communications, security, an auditorium, cafeteria, and a conference and visitor center. It features a four-story steel-framed office building and a one-story, 350-seat auditorium with long-span steel trusses and concrete shear walls. Designed with a strong focus on sustainability, the facility meets LEED Gold standards and qualifies as a High Performance Sustainable Building.

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