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AI Won’t Replace Scientists—It Will Change How We Design Labs

From flexible lab modules to interchangeable bench and robotics space, AI and automation are prompting new questions about how laboratories should be designed for the years ahead

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Strong Foundations Start With Better Questions

Originally presented at the 2026 Lab Design Conference in Orlando, Kelly Smyth, AIA, shares practical strategies for translating scientific workflows into effective laboratory programming. Watch the presentation on demand to explore how early discovery and informed questioning can support safer, more functional lab environments

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How AI Can Support a More Human-Centered Approach to Lab Design

A recent Lab Design webinar explores how AI and digital tools can speed up programming and research while keeping users, workflows, and professional judgment at the center of the design process

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Building a Lab Around What Users Need

For Baptist Health Jacksonville’s Gwendolyn Robles, the process of planning a new central laboratory has meant challenging old assumptions, involving frontline staff, and giving the project team time to get it right

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Mayo Clinic Labs Expands to Mississippi Logistics Hub

Mayo Clinic Laboratories will establish a new diagnostic facility in Southaven, MS, committing over $30 million to expand its national network—situated near Memphis International Airport and the FedEx World Hub, the site leverages turnkey building stock and transportation access to optimize high-throughput specimen processing

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Designing Labs for an Uncertain Future

At the 2026 Lab Design Conference, Ballinger's Gregory Muth and Katherine Wohlsen shared how designing for uncertainty allowed Brown University's newest life sciences building to respond to changing research priorities, funding challenges, and evolving work styles without requiring major redesigns

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