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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From Outdated to Outstanding: How Strategic Design Upgrades Revitalized a Research Campus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
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Julianne Baron, PhD
Julianne L. Baron, PhD, CPH, RBP, president of Science and Safety Consulting, will present “Optimizing Lab Design: Supporting Scientific Operations and Ensuring Biosafety” at the 2026 Lab Design Conference, offering insights on aligning scientific workflows with design strategies, fostering collaboration between lab users and architects, and avoiding common pitfalls that impact lab safety and functionality
Event Preview: Academic Lab Design Digital Conference
On December 4, the Academic Lab Design Digital Conference offers a full day of live and on-demand webinars that qualify for AIA continuing education credit, providing architects, engineers, and higher education professionals with practical strategies, expert insights, and Q&A opportunities to create safer, more efficient, and collaborative academic laboratory environments
Unexpected Risks, Planned Solutions: Safety in Lab Design
A recent explosion at a Harvard lab underscores the need for resilient, access-controlled, behavior-informed, and well-designed laboratory environments, and expert Dan Scungio outlines how thoughtful planning—from materials and infrastructure to low-cost upgrades, user behavior, and risk-based zoning—can prevent minor incidents from escalating into catastrophic ones
Designing the Undesigned: The Six A's and the Laboratory of the Future
A framework of six principles provides a holistic, data-driven approach to designing flexible, sustainable laboratories that can evolve with the science of the future
Breaking Ground on Energy Innovation: RTI Scales Up Pilot Xcelerator
RTI International is expanding its Pilot Xcelerator facility in Research Triangle Park to provide flexible, pilot-scale infrastructure that accelerates the development and commercialization of clean energy technologies, including renewable fuels, carbon capture, and industrial decarbonization
Claim Your Spot Among Lab Design’s Elite: 2026 Awards Open Until December 5
The seventh annual Design Excellence Awards, recognizing innovation and excellence in lab design, are now open for submissions until December 5, 2025—explore last year’s winners to see the creativity and technical expertise these awards celebrate
2026 Lab Design Conference Advances Sustainable Lab Design and Industry Innovation
The 2026 Lab Design Conference in Orlando, FL, May 11–14, provides lab professionals, architects, and planners with hands-on experience, expert insights, and actionable strategies—particularly in sustainable lab design, energy efficiency, and decarbonization—to optimize and future-proof laboratory environments
Project Profile: The Ritedose Corporation
Ritedose Corporation is investing over $17 million to triple its cGMP lab footprint in Columbia, SC, adding new analytical chemistry and microbiology facilities that enhance efficiency, expand in-house testing capabilities, and support the company’s growing production capacity of 2.6 billion doses per year