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Explosion-Proof Lab Design: Electrical Classifications for Pilot Plants
When your process scales up from milliliters to gallons, a standard laboratory outlet can become a detonator. Here's what architects, engineers, and lab managers need to know about hazardous location electrical classifications before breaking ground on a pilot plant.
Collaborative Robotics (Cobots): Safety & Spacing
As collaborative robots (cobots) break free from traditional safety cages to work directly alongside scientists, laboratory architects must design specialized spatial buffer zones and ergonomic workflows that ensure human-robot collaboration is both efficient and harmless.
Using Occupancy Sensors to Right-Size Laboratory Design
Advances in thermal occupancy sensing and analytics are enabling data-driven laboratory planning by revealing real-world space utilization patterns without compromising privacy
Modernizing a Mid-Century Lab for Current Research
The University of Louisville’s 1969-era Life Sciences Building is closed for a major renovation, replacing outdated mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and safety systems to modernize the facility, improve reliability, and support research and teaching well into the future
Upgrading Viral Clearance Labs for Capacity, Collaboration, and Comfort
The Viral Clearance laboratory upgrade at Minaris’ Philadelphia campus combined expanded capacity, flexible client suites, digital visibility, and upgraded infrastructure to improve workflow, collaboration, occupant comfort, and operational efficiency while maintaining compliance and ongoing lab operations
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Nate Roisen
Nate Roisen will present “Smarter Labs, Safer Labs: Optimizing Design with Hazardous Materials in Mind” at the 2026 Lab Design Conference in Orlando, sharing strategies for proactive hazmat planning, safe and efficient lab design, and lessons from real-world projects
Species-Specific Care Drives the Design of LSU’s Wildlife Hospital
LSU Vet Med is replacing its severely undersized Wildlife Hospital—now treating 2,000 animals annually—with a larger, purpose-built facility designed to support species-specific care, biosecurity, advanced diagnostics, education, and future growth
The Prefab Revolution: Modularization Reshaping the Laboratory Landscape
The 2025 Lab Design Conference session, “The Impact of Modularization and Prefabrication on Laboratory Design and Construction,” highlighted how off-site fabrication of structural elements, utility systems, and entire rooms can accelerate schedules, improve safety, and increase efficiency in lab projects
Robotics Revolutionizes Lab Logistics: Safety, Sustainability, and Efficiency at the 2025 Lab Design Conference
At the 2025 Lab Design Conference in Denver, CO, presenters Alicia Pandimos Maurer of Page Architecture and Roberto Morfin of CannonDesign showcased how robotic delivery systems are transforming laboratory logistics—enhancing safety, efficiency, and sustainability while reducing costs and redefining how research and pharmaceutical facilities operate
The Next Breakthrough in Science Won’t Happen in a Lab—It Will Happen in How We Design Them
Scientific breakthroughs depend on life sciences facilities designed from the inside out for flexibility, adaptability, and early strategic planning, enabling research and manufacturing spaces to keep pace with accelerating discovery and deliver life-saving therapies faster