As lab designers, we are always striving to better understand the needs of lab scientists—the end users who our spaces are designed for. In practice, this means continuing to broaden our communication ...

New scientific opportunities are creating demand for more and better laboratory space. For academic and teaching institutions, this demand often leads to renovating and expanding existing research ...

A low-angle view of a building. Flower beds are shown in the foreground, with a grassy courtyard surrounding a paved pathway to the building’s entrance. There are four wooden towers along the roofline ...

Imagine stepping into a science laboratory in the 1970s: a space that’s cramped, cold and sterile, with researchers working in isolation for hours, meticulously recording observations with little ...

Are lab assessments truly evaluating students’ scientific abilities – or simply their physical agility in an inflexible environment? Find out how to design more accessible biomedical laboratory ...

The Engineering Design x Prototyping (DxP) Lab is an open-access workspace where approved engineering students can work independently or in teams on class projects or related extracurricular ...

Transforming a home into a design lab provides an invaluable opportunity for trial and error that provides real-time feedback ...

Sustainability and material exploration drive our passion for making. We are hands-on and immersive; any student of design can discover, iterate, and refine their investigations through our many labs.