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Building Labs That Grow With Startups
Life sciences incubators give emerging companies access to flexible laboratory space, shared equipment, operational support, and collaborative networks designed to help them grow
The Quantum Readiness Recipe: Evaluating Facility Needs
As quantum research accelerates, laboratory planners must balance precision engineering, flexible infrastructure, and early stakeholder collaboration to create facilities capable of supporting technologies that have yet to be invented
Turning Offices into Labs: Lessons from a High-Speed Conversion
As life science organizations explore office-to-lab conversions, project teams must overcome significant infrastructure, operational, and scheduling challenges. A case study from the 2026 Lab Design Conference highlights strategies for evaluating existing buildings and managing complex laboratory relocations
Early Planning Underway for UofL’s Collaborative Research Hub
The University of Louisville’s planned Center for Bioscience is entering early planning, with the future project team yet to be selected as university leaders define the goals, research needs, and collaborative vision for the 70,000-sf facility
Decarbonizing Labs Through Thermal Energy Networks
As laboratories face growing pressure to decarbonize, thermal energy networks offer a path beyond building-by-building electrification. Charlie Marino and Victor Sanchez shared how campuses can leverage shared infrastructure, heat recovery, and strategic planning to reduce emissions, during their 2026 Lab Design Conference session
Laboratories Need an Identity Layer for Their Building Records
A structural failure during a Manhattan building conversion exposed the risks of disconnected facility records. For laboratories, where spaces evolve constantly, maintaining a continuous history of every system and modification may require a new approach to how facility identity is managed
Designing Life Sciences Real Estate for Growth and Talent
As life sciences companies evolve and competition for talent intensifies, developers are rethinking laboratory campuses with adaptable infrastructure, faster occupancy, and employee-focused environments
Professional Profile: Josh Hirshenhorn
Josh Hirshenhorn of Precis Engineering + Architecture discusses how quality requirements, collaboration, and long-term planning are shaping the future of life sciences facilities and influencing the way teams approach laboratory design and upgrades
Lab Users Shape Carnegie Mellon’s New Labs
By involving teaching faculty and laboratory users throughout planning, Carnegie Mellon transformed years of experience in outdated spaces into a new learning environment designed around student workflows, collaboration, and flexibility
Best Practices in Building Flexible and Affordable Labs
Identify ways to reduce costs, improve flexibility, and shorten delivery times on lab renovations and new builds