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When Lab Design Meets Reality: Hard Lessons from a High-Tech Build
Magdrive’s chief of staff shares hard-earned lessons from building the £3.8M DEEP Lab—covering tight timelines, massive equipment, cleanroom challenges, and what first-time lab builders need to know to avoid costly missteps
Life Science Center Vienna: A Convergence Hub for AI and Biomedical Research
The €170-million Life Science Center Vienna will create a research hub near the Vienna BioCenter that integrates wet-lab life sciences and AI computing infrastructure to strengthen Vienna’s growing ecosystem for data-driven biomedical research
Translating Neuroscience into Architecture While Advancing Sustainable Lab Design
The University of Oxford’s Life and Mind Building demonstrates how integrating high-performance envelope design, user-driven planning, and durable, context-responsive architecture can transform fragmented departments into a cohesive, future-ready research environment
The Making of New Jersey’s First Veterinary School
Rowan University’s new Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine brings together a teaching hospital, academic program, and translational research center in a purpose-built facility shaped by deep faculty collaboration, strategic state and philanthropic investment
Species-Specific Care Drives the Design of LSU’s Wildlife Hospital
LSU Vet Med is replacing its severely undersized Wildlife Hospital—now treating 2,000 animals annually—with a larger, purpose-built facility designed to support species-specific care, biosecurity, advanced diagnostics, education, and future growth
A Lab Built for What’s Next in HVAC and Data Center Cooling
Daikin Applied’s new R&D lab features nine flexible test cells designed to replicate extreme data center and HVAC operating conditions, integrating scalable infrastructure, precise airflow control, and real-world testing capabilities to support both current and future product development
An Engineer’s Approach to an Integrated and Innovative Research Institute
At the 2025 Lab Design Conference, AEI principals Blythe Vogt and Holly Lattin showcased the University of Arkansas’s I³R building as a model of sustainable, flexible, and modular lab design that integrates energy-efficient systems, adaptable floorplates, and forward-thinking engineering to support evolving interdisciplinary research needs
Decades in the Making: A Transformative Biology Building Finally Moves Forward
After more than four decades of planning and advocacy, a long-promised Biology Teaching and Research Building at Texas A&M is finally moving forward—the design aims to unite teaching and research, foster collaboration, and provide a modern, flexible home for future generations of biology students and faculty
Designing for Translation: Lessons from the Lang Walker AO Medical Research Building
The Lang Walker AO Medical Research Building is a $50 million, clinically integrated research facility in southwestern Sydney that demonstrates how a research-first strategy, precinct connectivity, and flexible planning can support translational health research tailored to the needs of a diverse local community
Building Lab Space that Adapts as Science Advances
Hartwell Plc has received planning approval for a £44 million masterplan at Wootton Science Park, southwest of Oxford, to deliver five new flexible lab and workspace buildings for SMEs in life sciences, quantum, AI, and sustainability, with supporting amenities and landscaped areas