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Need to Complete Your AIA LUs for the Year? Lab Design Has You Covered!
Lab Design’s free, on-demand webinars and digital conferences let architects earn AIA credits anytime while gaining expert insights and practical knowledge in laboratory design
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
Professional Profile: Michael Paul Krug
SmithGroup’s Michael Paul Krug, AIA, LEED AP, chats with Lab Design News about the inspirations, philosophies, and personal passions—from community building to hands-on design—that shape his approach to architecture and laboratory design
Designing for Containment: The High Stakes of Fume Hood Specification
Fume hood failures often result not from the equipment itself but from room design, airflow dynamics, and user interactions—a new book emphasizes specifying and testing hoods under real-world, dynamic conditions to ensure long-term lab safety
Expanded Microbiology Laboratory Strengthens Sterile Capabilities
Aenova’s Latina site has expanded its microbiology quality control laboratory to 800 square meters, adding advanced isolator-based sterility testing, automation, and digital systems to enhance compliance, capacity, and efficiency as part of the company’s broader sterile manufacturing growth initiative
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
Hope Three Ways: Breaking Down Silos in Cancer Research at Moffitt's New Speros Center
The Moffitt Discovery and Innovation Center at Speros fosters interdisciplinary cancer research by breaking down silos, integrating shared lab resources, and designing collaborative and transparent spaces that connect scientists, the public, and two campuses into a unified ecosystem
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