The Ruvo Center, named for Ruvo's father, who died after suffering
from Alzheimer's, is a research and treatment facility to be housed in a
dramatic new building designed by renowned Los Angeles architect Frank
Gehry, and operated by the clinic.
The $100 million building, now under construction, will be largely
completed later this year. Ruvo said he's presenting it as a gift to the
clinic, one of the largest in the institution's history.
The clinic will operate the facility as a branch of its neurological institute
in Cleveland.
Models and drawings of the Ruvo Center show it will be sharply divided in
two sections. Offices and examination rooms will be housed in stacked
rectangular blocks set slightly off kilter, like a fortress wall built by
children.
