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http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/01/psu_planning_work_on_science_b.html

Portland State University is making plans for major renovations at Science Building II at 1717 S.W. 10th Ave., including earthquake bracing, new ventilation and an addition for labs handling hazardous waste.

IDC Architects, an international firm that specializes in science and technology buildings, hopes to lighten up the dark concrete building that dates to 1970 and give pedestrians a chance to peek into some of the building's laboratories. Science II houses labs for chemistry, biology, physics and environmental sciences.

Rather than try to hide the earthquake bracing, plans call for erecting webs of steel between the stout concrete pillars on the building's exterior. A proposed lighting plan would give the building a gentle nighttime glow.