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WPI dedicates new Perkins+Will-designed Gateway Park building
May 10, 2013 9:31 am | News | Comments
Worcester Polytechnic Institute's $32 million building is home to state-of-the-art research laboratories and growing companies. Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives (MBI) has leased space in the new building to create an incubator for emerging life sciences companies.
Expanding science research and teaching in a single city block
April 5, 2013 1:20 pm | by Meredith Bostwick-Lorenzo Eiroa, AIA, LEED AP | Articles | Comments
As an active college in the City University of New York (CUNY), John Jay College is a liberal...
UCLA, Oral Cancer Research Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
February 5, 2013 4:54 pm | News | Comments
The project was a renovation of research space on the 7th floor of the UCLA School of Dentistry...
Save the Date: Laboratory Design Conference Spring 2013
October 16, 2012 12:26 pm | News | Comments
The annual Laboratory Design Conference, sponsored by Advantage Business Media and Laboratory...
MIT case study highlights role of universities and hospitals in economic growth
May 8, 2013 2:45 pm | News | CommentsThe Case Study concludes that place-based anchor institutions – like hospitals and universities - can commit to a comprehensive business approach that goes beyond the narrow framework of corporate philanthropy to create a sustainable economic advantage for their regions.
Howard University to break ground on IRB
April 16, 2013 4:12 pm | News | CommentsHoward University and Turner Construction Company, along with the project team of Brailsford & Dunlavey, HDR Architecture, and Lance Bailey & Associates, will break ground on a new Interdisciplinary Research Building (IRB) on April 18, 2013.
United Therapeutics to build lab in iconic 60's building
April 1, 2013 12:56 pm | News | CommentsA Paul Rudolph designed building, originally commissioned in 1969 for Burroughs-Wellcome, will house new research labs for United Therapeutics. The Research Triangle Park location was purchased from GlaxoSmithKline in June 2012. Known as the Elion-Hutchings Building, the 700,000 ft2 facility's renovation will preserve historic aspects of the complex and demolish and replace other areas not visible from the road.
New crime lab to break ground at Bowling Green State
March 15, 2013 4:36 pm | News | CommentsConstruction on Bowling Green's new Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) laboratory is expected to begin this summer. The facility will be located near Bowling Green State University's science buildings. Construction could be complete by fall 2014.
NZ4 Global Alliance Design Approach: Stimulus concepts
December 10, 2012 4:19 pm | by Bruce Haxton, Tom Kubala, John Andary, Jason Loiselle, Fed Meade, Michael Perciali, Bry Sarte, Tamra Fakhorian, and Alan Lawson | Articles | CommentsThe concept for this prototype science park was to integrate a sustainable approach; a LEED project approach; a net zero energy, water, food, waste, and biofuels approach; a closed-loop design approach; and a regenerative design approach, all together. The result of the integration is a high-quality, low-energy, self-sustaining community that has all of the functions it needs to support itself.
Collaborative Life Sciences Building: Three institutions combine resources
December 10, 2012 3:47 pm | by Diane Kase and David Piper | Articles | CommentsThe Collaborative Life Sciences Building (CLSB) is a unique, multi-use facility, housing undergraduate science education, medical and dental professional programs, as well as advanced biomedical research. Located on a new campus within a dense urban area of Portland, the site is at equal distance from Oregon Health and Science University's (OHSU's) Marquam Hill campus and Portland State University (PSU).
AIA says building industry imperiled by mandatory spending cuts
November 6, 2012 10:25 am | News | CommentsA new report by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) says Congress and the White House must agree on a federal budget by Jan. 2, or massive mandatory spending cuts will kick in, potentially wreaking havoc on the building industry.
Cornell NYC design takes shape
November 6, 2012 10:22 am | News | CommentsThe Cornell NYC Tech campus, planned for Roosevelt Island with a 2017 debut, will combine academic/research facilities with business incubators and boasts a "lilypad" of PV cells floating five stories in the air. The design, by Morphosis Architects, is part of what will be New York City's first net-zero building.
What every lab buyer needs to know about architectural archetypes
October 11, 2012 12:49 pm | by Larry DiGennaro, BHDP Architecture | Articles | CommentsMention the word "archetype" during laboratory design discussions and watch the eyes of owners and researchers glaze over. No doubt they are uninterested in what seems to be a concept germane to architecture and unnecessary for their knowledge.
Roche to open in New York City
October 1, 2012 11:46 am | News | CommentsAfter announcing the closure of its historic research campus in Nutley, N.J., international pharma giant Roche has revealed plans to open a translational facility in New York City.
Novartis to build new research campus in Cambridge
September 18, 2012 11:40 am | News | CommentsNovartis AG has announced plans to create a $600 million laboratory and office complex in Cambridge, Mass., across from existing company facilities on Massachusetts Ave.
2012 Outlook: Lab building costs start to rebound
August 21, 2012 11:58 am | by Ted Hammer, FAIA, LEED AP, and Carlie Campesi | Articles | CommentsAs of the writing of this report in June 2012, construction costs are on the rise from last year, with costs increasing from their post-crash decline. Overall, costs have risen about 2% from 2011, and construction costs in the R&D sector have risen about 2% since January 2011. Construction costs are expected to rise between 3% and 4% during 2012 going into year 2013.
U.S. Navy, Office of Naval Research, Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research, Washington, D.C.
August 14, 2012 10:49 am | News | CommentsThe Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research is the first addition to the Naval Research Laboratory's 130-acre campus in nearly a decade.
Call for Papers: Lab Design 2013
August 14, 2012 10:35 am | News | CommentsThe 2013 Laboratory Design Conference will be held at the J.W. Marriott Houston Galleria on April 8-10. Advantage Business Media currently seeks abstract submissions for presentations to be given at this professional meeting, accredited by the American Institute of Architects.
Breathing new life into an aging science facility
August 9, 2012 11:31 am | by Jim Hill, AIA, LEED AP | Articles | CommentsAt 40 years old, Gallahue Hall at Butler University in Indianapolis has plenty of character and subtle nuances that left an impression of nostalgic collegiate academia. Unfortunately, the facility also left users with a headache.
Lab of the Year: Wisconsin project celebrates public-private synergy
June 15, 2012 9:36 am | by Julie Higginbotham | Articles | CommentsThis 330,000-ft 2 , $175.3-million facility, focused on biology, information technology, and engineering, includes an underground research floor, three research floors, a ground-level "Town Center," an auxiliary service building, and a mechanical penthouse. Its unusual and effective building organization, strong sense of public outreach, and high degree of flexibility and social engineering led judges to honor the project as Laboratory of the Year 2012.
VGTI Florida, The Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute of Florida, Port St. Lucie
June 5, 2012 11:26 am | News | CommentsVGTI Florida's new research and development facility boasts nine major laboratories where scientists will conduct research to identify treatments and therapies to help the human immune system fight cancer, infectious and chronic diseases like HIV/AIDS, and arthritis.
Private firm plans to build 'ghost city' for research
June 5, 2012 11:01 am | News | CommentsPegasus Global Holdings LLC, a private technology development firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., has announced plans to build The Center for Innovation, Testing and Evaluation (CITE): an uninhabited city in the New Mexico desert, near Hobbs.
Purdue University, Drug Discovery Building, West Lafayette, Ind.
May 15, 2012 9:38 am | News | CommentsNew laboratory in the Purdue Life and Health Sciences Park will be specifically devoted to drug discovery, a field that has not had a purpose-built home at Purdue until now. It will partially replace space in the Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry and will be designed with open laboratories for maximum adaptability and collaborative work, as well as sharing of equipment and core resources.
Post-conference materials from Lab Design Pittsburgh available
May 15, 2012 9:01 am | News | CommentsPDF files of all the presentations from the recent Pittsburgh Laboratory Design Conference are now available for purchase on either an individual-use or organizationwide-use basis.
Lab planning: Asking the right questions
April 13, 2012 11:34 am | by Alan Liddy, AIA, NCARB, PMP | Articles | CommentsCreating a science laboratory requires close and constant collaboration between planning engineers and scientists—from the broad conceptual thinking in the initial workshops through the development of floorplans. The collaboration includes discussions of the kind of science to be practiced in the lab, diagrams of the basic workflow, a conceptual layout, and, finally, the specification of fixed equipment.
Cornell University shortlists six for new tech campus
April 3, 2012 10:35 am | News | CommentsCornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., is moving forward with plans to create CornellNYC Tech, a new campus on Roosevelt Island.
New California research campus underway
January 31, 2012 9:22 am | News | CommentsThe Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) will create a 10.25-acre research park within the 72-acre Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, Calif.
Cleveland Clinic master plan completed
January 31, 2012 9:18 am | News | CommentsA plan guiding at least 30 years of growth at the Cleveland (Ohio) Clinic has been released after completion by Foster + Partners, London.
Register today for our spring Lab Design Conference
January 31, 2012 9:12 am | News | CommentsThe full agenda and online registration tool are now available for Laboratory Design Spring 2012, to be held in Pittsburgh April 16 and 17, with optional laboratory tours on April 18.
