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Choosing the Ideal Lab Design Partner for Long-Term Success
This guide outlines best practices for selecting the right architecture and design partner for any lab project—whether new construction or renovation—offering lasting insights on collaboration, communication, and long-term planning to help organizations build laboratories that are functional, flexible, and future-ready
Constructing a Lab for Extreme Conditions
The Korey Stringer Institute’s expansion shows how to successfully design a unique, specialized lab when there’s no blueprint to follow—using teamwork, flexible planning, and user input to overcome challenges and build a state-of-the-art facility
Professional Profile: Hadiza Djibring
Lab Design News spoke to Hadiza Djibring, lab planner with HDR in New York, about the latest trends in design-build, her favorite piece of architecture, and helpful advice for new lab planners
How to Build Flexible and Collaborative Laboratories
Project teams and lab management can benefit from designing shared labs that prioritize real-world workflows, flexible infrastructure, clear communication, and thoughtful operational planning—ensuring spaces that adapt to diverse users, streamline collaboration, and support evolving research needs for greater efficiency and long-term success
Webinar Preview: How to Build a Vivarium—From Vision to Operation
Don’t miss this free webinar from Lab Design, where expert architects will share essential strategies for planning and designing vivaria that meet research needs, ensure compliance, and support animal welfare
Across the Table: What If?
Be ready for unforeseen vendor disruptions that can jeopardize laboratory projects, and learn how thorough vetting and contingency planning are essential for staying on schedule
Ready to Build, Renovate, or Optimize Your Lab? Gain Key Insights at the Lab Design Conference
Lab end users gain valuable insights, practical tools, and networking opportunities at the Lab Design Conference that will help them make informed decisions on lab design, renovations, and optimization projects
Accurate Laboratory Asset Surveys: What Keeps Architects Up at Night
Accurate laboratory asset surveys, conducted by qualified equipment specialists, are a critical first step in lab planning, ensuring proper asset documentation, placement, and infrastructure compatibility to avoid costly delays, design oversights, and operational risks in laboratory design and relocation projects
Perception of Minimal Value: The Hidden Costs of Overlooking Comprehensive Test Fits in Lab Design
A comprehensive test fit, often undervalued by management seeking to minimize upfront costs, is essential for identifying feasibility issues early, preventing costly remediations, and ensuring proper lab design through collaboration among clients, architects, engineers, and laboratory specialists to address environmental, engineering, and workflow requirements
Everything You Need to Know About Choosing and Outfitting a Lab
Kelly Sullivan, PhD, shares essential strategies for lab managers on choosing and outfitting lab spaces, emphasizing the importance of budgeting for current and future needs, evaluating lab options (from custom-built to shared spaces), and considering flexibility to accommodate growth and innovation