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Empowering Breakthroughs Beyond the Gold-Plated Lab Designing Cost-Conscious, People-Forward Pharma Facilities
Pharma startups can design compliant, cost-conscious manufacturing facilities without over-engineering. A people-centered approach can support employee well-being, operational efficiency, regulatory requirements, and responsible growth
Move Magic: Planning for a Successful Lab Space Transition
Successful lab transitions require more than moving equipment from one space to another. Lessons from Nationwide Children’s Hospital at the 2026 Lab Design Conference highlight how flexibility, early end-user engagement, and detailed planning can help labs prepare for growth and change
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
Start With the Equipment List: On the Floor at the Lab Design Conference
At the 2026 Lab Design Conference, Geisinger’s April Day shared practical advice on equipment planning, collaboration, and preparing for successful laboratory projects
From Workflow to Floor Plan: Lab Design Conference Workshop
Kelly Sullivan’s “Collaborative Lab Planning” workshop at the 2026 Lab Design Conference demonstrated the value of LDC’s intimate, hands-on sessions, giving attendees time to work through real-world challenges with an expert and their peers
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
Strong Foundations Start With Better Questions
Originally presented at the 2026 Lab Design Conference in Orlando, Kelly Smyth, AIA, shares practical strategies for translating scientific workflows into effective laboratory programming. Watch the presentation on demand to explore how early discovery and informed questioning can support safer, more functional lab environments
Building a Lab Around What Users Need
For Baptist Health Jacksonville’s Gwendolyn Robles, the process of planning a new central laboratory has meant challenging old assumptions, involving frontline staff, and giving the project team time to get it right
The Question Your Lab Design Kickoff Is Missing
More client input doesn’t necessarily lead to better lab design—an operational gatekeeper can help design teams get the right information, from the right people, at the right time, before critical decisions are locked in