University of Utah opens Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine

Designed by our Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign in association with VCBO Architects, the building is at the forefront of a new generation of medical education centers focused on collaboration, competency-based learning and early integration of clinical training.

Dynamic medical education spaces fill the building, including adaptive classrooms, a state-of-the-art advanced medical simulation center, a gross anatomy lab and amenities that will inspire formal and informal knowledge sharing to accelerate discovery.

The centerpiece of the design is a multistory forum where faculty and students will gather for learning, large presentations and events.

Rising along a key crest on Utah's campus, the building creates an iconic focal point on a very tight site, revitalizing a previously non-descript campus entry and elegantly celebrating the surrounding Wasatch Mountains.

Tucked between the existing hospital, nursing school and medical library on the Utah campus, the School of Medicine's site is steeply sloped, ascending over 40 feet from south to north. The design integrates sensitively into that landscape.

The building brings medical students together and closer to the university's existing hospital, nursing school and medical library.

This marks the third building our Yazdani Studio team has led at the University of Utah, including its Lassonde Studios entrepreneurial building and the Social Impact and Prosperity Center. We are extremely proud of our relationship with the University of Utah and the innovative and important projects emerging from it.