Location: Beechworth, Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia.

Architect: Lyons architects.

La Trobe University’s $94 million Institute of Molecular Science (LIMS) began construction in 2013 with an official sod turning presided over by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr. LIMS is a facility for molecular science, biotechnology and nanotechnology research and training. The Australian Government invested $85.8 million in the project through the Education Investment Fund. Central to the LIMS mission is a program to stimulate interest in science among secondary students as future success in scientific research in the national interest is dependent on a strong pipeline of science students.