page_title: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
section_title: Facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Buck Institute for Research on Aging / Facilities
caption_attribution_description: English: The campus of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and oak woodlands, seen from Highway 101. Located north of Novato, in Marin County, California. The campus was designed by I. M. Pei.
context_page_description: The Buck Institute for Research on Aging is an independent biomedical research institute that researches aging and age-related disease. The mission of the Buck Institute is to extend the healthy years of life. The Buck Institute is one of nine centers for aging research of the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research.
  The institute, a nonprofit organization located in Novato, California, began its research program in 1999, making it the world's first institute founded primarily to research aging. It is named for Marin County philanthropists Leonard and Beryl Hamilton Buck, whose estate funded the endowment that helped establish the institute, and the Buck Trust currently contributes approximately $6 million annually to support the institute's work. The campus of the Buck Institute was designed by architect I. M. Pei.
  In May 2007, the institute established a cooperative agreement with the University of California's Davis and Merced campuses to coordinate stem-cell research.
context_section_description: The Institute is on a 488-acre (1.97 km²; 0.76 sq mi) site located in the foothills of Mount Burdell, north of Novato, California. Of this, a 238-acre (0.96 km²; 0.37 sq mi) portion is dedicated to permanent agricultural use; another 70-acre (0.28 km²; 0.11 sq mi) portion is open public space.
  I. M. Pei, who responded in 1989 to a request to submit a proposal to design the research facility, was selected as the architect for the institute's facility. Pei's master plan called for 355,000 square feet (33,000 m²) of laboratory and facility space. The multi-stage plan calls for five interlocking buildings (four laboratory buildings and a support building) around a one-acre hexagonal courtyard, designed to provide a green oasis for quiet contemplation and outdoor activities. Pei used varied geometric elements and floating staircases, which appear throughout both the administrative and research buildings. The second of four research buildings approved in the master plan was completed in 2012.
  As of 2016, the institute had more than $80 million in bond debt from building its Novato headquarters in 1999 and completing its third building in 2012. It was leasing 27,000 sq ft of its campus to for-profit businesses, including BioMarin, Ultragenyx, Cellular Dynamics, An2H Discovery Limited, and Excel Venture Management.
caption: The campus of the Buck Institute, as seen from Highway 101.
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