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Designing Labs for What Comes Next: Inside a 15-Year Masterplan
Ireland’s Technological University of the Shannon is planning new research facilities, postgraduate hubs and industry-facing innovation spaces while using adaptive reuse and flexible planning to accommodate changing research needs
Harris-Stowe State University Breaks Ground on Flexible STEM Center
Harris-Stowe State University’s new $62 million STEM Center will combine flexible laboratories, research spaces, classrooms, and collaborative environments designed to support current programs and future workforce needs
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
Beyond Equipment: The Hidden Impact of Laboratory Infrastructure
How integrated infrastructure helps laboratories improve safety and sustainability
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