Torrey Heights life science research campus is the Jury Winner for the Archello Awards 2025 Laboratory Building of the Year. Another Flad project, Healthpeak Properties Vantage campus, was also one of five finalists for the international award.
Flad master planned the 10-acre Torrey Heights life science campus. It is comprised of three thoughtfully designed, state-of-the-art scientific workplaces and an amenity building totaling 520,000 square feet, offering top-tier leasable space for biotechnology firms in San Diego.
Providing exceptional views of the Pacific Ocean and its surrounding natural landscape from every point on the site, Breakthrough Properties' Torrey View Development works in tandem with its environment to express its own character while echoing the site's layered geologic formations in its coffered façade.
Composed of highly articulated, unitized glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) panels, the facility's envelope emphasizes depth and texture to create its signature look. The neutral-colored GFRC panels give the appearance of changing color and texture as they interact with sunlight at different times of the day and year.
Torrey Heights was also a finalist for the Archello Architecture & Concrete Award.
Breakthrough Properties 
Torrey Heights Development
December 22, 2025