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Aggie Square Wins Excellence in Whole Building/Holistic Design—New Build in Design Excellence Awards
Aggie Square at UC Davis, winner of the Excellence in Whole Building/Holistic Design—New Build category in the 2026 Design Excellence Awards, brings together research, industry, education, and community functions within a connected ecosystem, where shared spaces and “soft” programmatic connections support everyday interaction and large-scale collaboration
A*STAR Infectious Disease Labs Earns Excellence in Interior Design
The renovation of A*STAR’s Infectious Disease Labs in Singapore earned the 2026 Design Excellence Award for Excellence in Interior Design by transforming a complex biosafety research environment through strategic planning, intuitive wayfinding, and user-focused design features that enhance safety, navigation, and day-to-day usability
Lab Design Conference Tours Spotlight Real-World Research Environments
The 2026 Lab Design Conference offered guided tours of active research, innovation, and environmental laboratories across Orlando, led by both project teams and lab users, to directly observe how design decisions translate into real-world workflow, collaboration, and operational performance
Rapid Response, Lasting Asset: LSU Health’s EVT Wins Excellence in Small Project Design
The LSU Health Shreveport Center for Emerging Viral Threats demonstrates how a tightly integrated, budget-conscious design successfully delivered a flexible, high-containment BSL-2/BSL-3 laboratory that earned recognition for Excellence in Small Project Design
Powering Food Safety Science: University of Nairobi Opens Advanced Analytical Lab
The University of Nairobi has launched a new GC/MS food testing laboratory under the Food Leader project, expanding Kenya’s research capacity and strengthening international collaboration to advance food safety science and training
Future-Ready Labs Take Focus at Lab Design Conference in Orlando
The Lab Design Conference’s second day of sessions highlighted adaptive reuse, sustainability, automation, and user-centered design through a mix of expert-led presentations and interactive discussions
Hidden Risks When Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment Are Overlooked
Laboratory projects often prioritize building systems and infrastructure while underestimating furniture, fixtures, and equipment, even though they are deeply integral to spatial design and overall project success
Key Takeaways from the Lab Design Conference
The Lab Design Conference convened diverse stakeholders in Orlando on May 12 to share how laboratory environments are designed and experienced, through lab end user engagement and thoughtful design and construction techniques
2026 Design Excellence Awards Winners Revealed in Orlando
Lab Design’s seventh annual Design Excellence Awards, presented May 12 at the Lab Design Conference in Orlando, honored outstanding achievements in research laboratory design and recognized winning teams with awards presentations before conference attendees
Hands-On Workshops Kick Off Lab Design Conference
The 25th annual Lab Design Conference opened in Orlando with three interactive workshops that gave lab project teams, end users, and industry partners hands-on strategies for addressing key challenges in laboratory planning and design