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Power & Data Density for Liquid Handlers: Architecting for High-Throughput Utilities
As laboratories scale up their automation, the electrical and network infrastructure must evolve to support fleets of power-hungry liquid handlers like Hamiltons and Tecans. Strategic utility planning prevents catastrophic tripped breakers, ensures uninterruptible workflows, and guarantees seamless data transmission.
Optimizing A BSL-2 Lab For Safer, More Complex Applied Research
Lambton College is upgrading its BSL-2 laboratory with $2.47 million in funding to strengthen applied research infrastructure by improving safety, throughput, and efficiency through targeted, equipment-driven upgrades, optimized lab zoning, and early regulatory planning—without major renovations or disruption
Webinar Preview: Occupied Lab Renovations: Timing, Staging, and Installation
Renovating occupied laboratories requires balancing safety, schedules, and operational continuity—this Lab Design webinar features experts sharing practical strategies and lessons learned to help teams successfully navigate these complex projects
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 "Dark Lab": Designing for Zero-Occupancy Zones
As automated robotics replace human researchers on the lab floor, architects and engineers must radically rethink HVAC, fire suppression, and vibration control to build high-performance environments tailored exclusively for machines.
Using Occupancy Sensors to Right-Size Laboratory Design
Advances in thermal occupancy sensing and analytics are enabling data-driven laboratory planning by revealing real-world space utilization patterns without compromising privacy
Modernizing a Mid-Century Lab for Current Research
The University of Louisville’s 1969-era Life Sciences Building is closed for a major renovation, replacing outdated mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and safety systems to modernize the facility, improve reliability, and support research and teaching well into the future
Lab Building Construction Halted After Human Remains Discovered
Construction crews at the University of Oklahoma discovered human remains at a new lab building site, prompting a work stoppage and investigation by the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office
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
AI and the Future of Lab Building Performance
As laboratory buildings grow more complex and future demands more uncertain, AI is helping project teams turn fragmented HVAC and building data into smarter forecasts, fewer performance surprises, and more resilient, right-sized facilities across the lab lifecycle