Uptown Campus East

The Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, a Frank Gehry design, serves as the gateway to the UC Medical Center.

Not only is the design of this research building stunning, but the work taking place in its laboratories is transforming fundamental biomedical understanding.

Contact Information:

Vontz Center
3235 Eden Avenue,
Cincinnati, OH 45267
(513) 558-4553

Additional Info:

• UC Magazine: Vontz Center

The Vontz Center is named for Alfred Vontz, a UC alumnus and business owner whose generosity made the building possible.

The imaginative, sculptural exterior of the Vontz Center for Molecular Studies belies its practical interior. The building is designed to facilitate collaboration among the many disciplines involved in cancer and neuroscience research and education. Laboratories take up nearly half of the building's 150,000 square feet, and a utility level between each floor permits maintenance and redesign of lab modules without disturbing ongoing research.

Like a natural leaf, Belief (created by Terry Allen, 1999) seems to rest on the grass and the steps of the Vontz Center for Molecular Studies.