Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. Corporate Headquarters

The 182,400-square-foot Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. Corporate Headquarters in Oro Valley, Arizona was the 2003 Tilt-Up Concrete Association Tilt-Up Achievement Award winner. The main design features are concrete panels that are four feet taller than the adjacent panels and tilt out 15 degrees in every other 40-foot structural bay. The result is a wall that steps up and down and in and out without adding area to the building, breaking up the massive look of a large box, and complying with a local building code requirement to break up the wall every 50 feet.