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Rethinking the Retrofit: How Collaboration Transformed an Aging Academic Lab
A collaborative, leadership-driven renovation at Louisiana State University reshaped an aging academic building into a flexible, future-ready research environment—insights shared in a free, on-demand webinar available through Lab Design’s Academic Lab Design Digital Conference
Project Profile: Berry College's Morgan-Bailey Hall
Berry College’s Morgan-Bailey Hall supports the Nursing and Physician Associate Programs with flexible wet labs, high-fidelity simulation spaces, and student housing, all centered around a courtyard and timber porch to foster interdisciplinary learning, collaboration, and wellness
Lab Renovation Enhances Learning, Safety, and Technology Integration
The University of Wisconsin-Stout completed a $7.4 million, two-phase renovation of its Jarvis Hall laboratories, upgrading infrastructure, technology, and safety while maintaining active teaching and research operations
Help Shape the Future of Campus Research: Explore Academic Lab Design at the 2026 Lab Design Conference
The 2026 Lab Design Conference in Orlando will spotlight the design and construction of flexible, resilient academic labs, offering planners, architects, and campus leaders practical strategies, lessons learned, and insights for modernizing research facilities while balancing budgets and sustainability goals
Reimagining Controlled-Environment Agriculture for Education and Research
The Wilmington College Agriscience Complex represents a major investment in experiential learning, preparing students for critical agricultural careers in Ohio by providing a modern, industry-aligned learning environment
Designing Science Spaces That Balance Performance and Sustainability
Nucleus, a science facility shared by Scripps and Pitzer Colleges, demonstrates how thoughtful, human-centered design and high-performance systems can create a sustainable, energy-efficient science facility that balances operational functionality with ambitious decarbonization goals
From Outdated to Outstanding: How Strategic Design Upgrades Revitalized a Research Campus
The $50-million ARP-funded modernization at UT’s West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center upgrades labs, housing, and precision agriculture facilities to boost research productivity, operational efficiency, and recruitment
Event Preview: Academic Lab Design Digital Conference
On December 4, the Academic Lab Design Digital Conference offers a full day of live and on-demand webinars that qualify for AIA continuing education credit, providing architects, engineers, and higher education professionals with practical strategies, expert insights, and Q&A opportunities to create safer, more efficient, and collaborative academic laboratory environments
Enhancing Research Outcomes Through Sustainable and Innovative Lab Design
At the 2025 Lab Design Conference, Architectus principals Andrew Schunke and Diana Rosenthal showcased Flinders University’s Health and Medical Research Building—a winner of the 2025 Design Excellence Awards—that exemplifies how sustainable, culturally grounded, and user-centered design can elevate research, wellbeing, and collaboration in modern laboratory environments
Expanding Research Capabilities: Lessons from UBC’s Biodiversity Centre
UBC’s $45 million Beaty Biodiversity Centre expansion adds six stories of flexible, future-ready research and collaboration space, integrating ecological design features and specialized facilities to advance biodiversity studies and public engagement