After the Northridge Earthquake in 1994 left extensive structural damage to the UCLA Center for Health Sciences, the University seized the opportunity to create the Ronald Reagan-UCLA Medical Center an innovative medical facility designed to meet the evolving needs of 21st century patient care, new medical technologies and teaching.

The Ronald Reagan-UCLA Medical Center 's Construction-in-Progress: Updated regularly with news and photographs.

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-Promoted use of exterior public spaces such as plazas and courtyards to encourage interaction
-Continuity of the ground plan materials are a unifying element with the surrounding urban context
-Created a gateway that provides clarity to the surrounding context
-The massing of the architecture was articulated to respond to the scale of the adjacent buildings
-Public presentations were made to the community including neighbors, business leaders, patrons, staff, potential donors