A double-skin glass facade envelops the Knight Center, an Oregon research facility designed by American firms Ennead Architects and Bora Architecture & Interiors.
The building ? officially called the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact ? is located on the University of Oregon's campus in Eugene.
Angled glass panels designed to look like "water cascading over rock"
The project was made possible by a $500 million (£359 million) gift from Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny. Over the years, Phil Knight has been a significant contributor to the university, where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1959.
The new academic facility brings together researchers from multiple disciplines, including engineering, applied sciences and business. The Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact was funded by Nike's co-founder
Two firms were commissioned to design the project ? New York's Ennead Architects and Bora Architecture & Interiors, which is based in Portland, Oregon.
"Our goal for the Knight Campus was the creation of a humanistic research machine,"  said design partner at Ennead Architects Todd Schliemann.
"One that supports practical needs and aesthetic aspirations, but more importantly, one that inspires the people who work in it, those that move through it, and those that simply pass by."
Glass defines the Knight Center's facade
Encompassing 160,000 square feet (14,864 square me...