Construction for the brand new Lewis Integrative Science Building is nearing completion. The media were given a preview of the facility on this morning, October 23. (Ryan Kang/Freelance)

University student Kimberly Hawes studies for her physiology 201 midterm inside The Robert and Beverly Lewis Integrative Science Building which will officially open Friday Oct. 26th. (Tess Freeman/Oregon Daily Emerald)

Construction for the brand new Lewis Integrative Science Building is nearing completion. The media were given a preview of the facility on this morning, October 23. (Ryan Kang/Freelance)

Michael Wehr gives local journalists and media a tour of one of the Lewis Integrative Science Building’s laboratories. (Ryan Kang/Freelance)

One of the new earth-friendly features inside the Lewis Integrative Science Building is the 30-foot bamboo wall. (Ryan Kang/Freelance)

The front of the complex has an enormous glass wall, similar to that of the Lillis Business Complex. (Ryan Kang/Freelance)

The Lewis Integrative Science Building will contain four floors and a basement for use by Oregon science professors and students. (Ryan Kang/Freelance)