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Research Building Upgrade Balances Energy Recovery and Continuous Lab Operations
A phased infrastructure upgrade at the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s Bressler Research Building replaced aging exhaust and heat recovery systems while keeping the occupied research facility fully ventilated throughout construction
Montclair State Breaks Ground on $120 Million Interdisciplinary Science Building
The 110,000-sf facility will expand science teaching and research space while giving the university more flexibility to support changing programs and interdisciplinary work
Designing Space for Research to Grow
A $35 million expansion and renovation will add flexible research space, upgrade laboratory infrastructure, and create new opportunities for education and collaboration at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
UH’s Next Chapter in Medical Research
New 54,000-sf facility will bring wet-lab, computational, clinical and behavioral research together, with early planning focused on adaptability, infrastructure and long-term performance
Massasoit Carries Science Building Lessons Into Next Project
Massasoit Community College’s completed Science Building is informing the design and planning of a new Health Science Building, the next phase of the college’s $52 million Transformation Through Renovation Project
U-M’s Mass-Timber Pharmacy Building Puts Connection at the Core
Open-bench laboratories, adaptable teaching spaces, extensive community areas, and mass-timber construction define the University of Michigan’s new home for pharmacy education and research
Bringing Three Agricultural Labs Together Under One Roof in Montana
Montana’s new Combined State Laboratories replaces three aging facilities with a shared building designed to support veterinary diagnostics, agricultural testing, and wool research without compromising each lab’s distinct needs
What Post-Occupancy Experience Reveals About Designing for Research
Months after opening, Chesapeake Bay Hall is demonstrating how thoughtful decisions around infrastructure, flexibility, collaboration, and occupant experience can shape the long-term performance of a research facility
Building Better Labs Through Collaborative Discussion at the Lab Design Conference
Lab owners, architects, engineers, and planners joined forces at the 2026 Lab Design Conference to tackle academic lab design challenges, sharing practical solutions and crowdsourcing best practices on everything from stakeholder engagement to flexibility and adaptive reuse
A Strategic Blueprint for Science Infrastructure: Inside a $100M+ Science Complex Expansion
From enrollment bottlenecks to modular lab design: How ISU is aligning institutional goals with flexible infrastructure for its 2027 groundbreaking