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  • In the News: Controlled Environment Agriculture Research Complex Receives International Architecture Award

    bartholomew.185@osu.edu | August 12, 2025
    The Ohio State University's Controlled Environment Agriculture Research Complex (CEARC) received a 2025 International Architecture Award, recognizing its innovative fusion of research, education and architectural excellence. According to its website , the award honors the best, significant new buildings, landscape architecture, and planning projects designed and/or built around the world’s leading...
    The exterior of the CEARC.

  • Slideshow: Controlled Environment Agriculture Research Complex

    October 14, 2022
    From a seedling to a flower, a space has fully bloomed on the Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory located west of Kenny Road. The Controlled Environment Agriculture Research Complex (CEARC) is now open. The $34.8 million project provides a platform for interdisciplinary research at the nexus of horticulture and crop science, engineering, entomology, plant pathology, food science...
    A view of the exterior of the conference center and office areas.

  • Slideshow: Controlled Environment Agriculture Research Complex

    July 13, 2022
    Construction crews are finishing work on t he College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) Controlled Environment Agriculture Research Complex (CEARC) at the Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory . Teams are working on final finishes in the head house, which includes laying down carpet, painting and installing cabinetry in the kitchens. Testing on the...
    Controlled Environment Agriculture Research Complex

  • Buck-Eye View - Controlled Environment Agriculture Research Complex

    March 30, 2022
    The Controlled Environment Agriculture Research Complex (CEARC), located on the grounds of the Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory, is 75% complete. The facility, the first of its kind in the United States, consists of a head house, a research greenhouse and a production greenhouse and will be a premier hub for research in the areas of horticulture and crop science, engineering...
    An exterior aerial view of the CEARC

  • Video: The Controlled Environment Agriculture Research Complex

    December 1, 2021
    Ohio State's University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) recently released an updated video to highlight the construction progress of the Controlled Environment Agriculture Research Complex. Read more about the work taking place and view the video online.
    View of CEARC

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