New York, New York, USA

The Discovery and Innovation Center provides the Mount Sinai Health System with cutting-edge research and clinical facilities on the west side of Manhattan. Icahn School of Medicine research labs occupy two floors of the building, anchoring it as a major hub in the rapidly expanding West Side Life Science Corridor.

Discovery and Innovation Center, Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine by Mitchell Giurgola Architects LLP. received an 2025 American Architecture Honourable Mention from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.

787 Eleventh Avenue was originally built in the late 1920’s for the Packard Motor Company, designed by architect Albert Kahn. Mount Sinai’s expansion to this newly developed building puts them near Mount Sinai West and amid the rapidly expanding West Side life sciences corridor. The design of the new facility is characterized by open plan modular wet and dry lab spaces. The design can be adapted to accommodate a wide variety of biomedical research over time.

Intended to accommodate 243 researchers and scientists in 60,000 GSF, the 6th and 8th floors support cancer research, neurology, core labs in genomics, stem cell research, CRISPR and proteomics. The facility is also equipped with a 4000-cage vivarium and multiple lab support spaces.

Architects: Mitchell Giurgola Architects LLP.
Design Team: Stephen Dietz, James R. Braddock, and Heidi Salder
General Contractor: Hunter Roberts Construction Group, LLC.
Client: Mount Sinai Health System
Photographers: Albert Vecerka / ESTO