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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
It’s Good to Be Back!
After a two-year hiatus, Lori Ambrusch returns to Design Between the Lines to explore emerging trends, recurring design questions, industry insights, and the topics readers want to discuss
AI Won’t Replace Scientists—It Will Change How We Design Labs
From flexible lab modules to interchangeable bench and robotics space, AI and automation are prompting new questions about how laboratories should be designed for the years ahead
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
Engineering Collaboration: How Laboratory Design Sparks Scientific Discovery
Although separated by geography and scientific focus, Kadans' newest research facilities in Paris and Cambridge share a common philosophy: thoughtfully designed laboratories and social spaces can create the chance encounters that accelerate innovation
The Rise of the Connected Life Science Campus
As biotech companies rethink their real estate strategies, laboratory developers are shifting away from standalone research buildings and toward flexible, transit-connected innovation districts designed to attract both tenants and talent
Lab Projects Face a Growing Range of Challenges: On the Floor at the Lab Design Conference
From funding and flexibility to hazardous materials and employee needs, HED’s Marilee Lloyd explores the challenges facing laboratory projects and the value of learning and collaborating at the Lab Design Conference
Beyond the Fume Hood: Strategies for Safer, More Efficient Lab Ventilation
Is your laboratory getting the most from its fume hoods? Learn how design, HVAC systems, maintenance, and user behavior can make a difference