C.W. Bill Young Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases

NIH Center for Biodefense | Bethesda, MD, US
NIH Center for Biodefense | Bethesda, MD, US
NIH Center for Biodefense | Bethesda, MD, US - design detail
NIH Center for Biodefense | Bethesda, MD, US - design detail
NIH Center for Biodefense | Bethesda, MD, US - break area
NIH Center for Biodefense | Bethesda, MD, US - break area
NIH Center for Biodefense | Bethesda, MD, US - research lab
NIH Center for Biodefense | Bethesda, MD, US - research lab
NIH Center for Biodefense | Bethesda, MD, US - cage wash
NIH Center for Biodefense | Bethesda, MD, US - cage wash
NIH Center for Biodefense | Bethesda, MD, US - engineering
NIH Center for Biodefense | Bethesda, MD, US - engineering
  • Type of Construction: New Construction
  • Size: 150,000 SF (13,940m2)
  • Professional Services: Architecture, Engineering, Planning
  • Project Components: Amenity Spaces, BSL 2 Biocontainment, BSL 3 Biocontainment, BSL 3-e Biocontainment, Biology Laboratory, Chemistry Laboratory, Collaborative Space, Conference Room, Offices, Parking, Training Facilities, Vivarium
  • Project Type: Containment, Federal, Government and Institutional, Science + Technology, Vivaria
  • Related Projects: Architecture, Containment Laboratories, Federal, Federal Architecture, Science + Technology, Vivaria
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, US

This building is the largest NIH facility built for and dedicated to containment. It is the flagship facility on the NIH campus, and houses the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) study to determine possible agents of emerging and infectious diseases.

A cutting-edge research facility, it is designed to allow for bio-containment research including BSL-3 Enhanced to be conducted on every floor.

The design of Building 33 was ushered through the National Capital Planning Commission so quickly and efficiently that the NIH is using it as a model for all other projects going though the NCPC.