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May 15 | News
PDF files of all the presentations from the recent Pittsburgh Laboratory
Design Conference are now available for purchase on either an
individual-use or organizationwide-use basis.
May 15 | News
In light of continued economic uncertainties, architectural firms may
add staff but hold the line on salaries for 2012.
Apr 13 | Articles
Creating a science laboratory requires close and constant collaboration
between planning
engineers and scientists—from the broad conceptual thinking in the
initial workshops through the development of floorplans. The
collaboration includes discussions of the kind of science to be
practiced in the lab, diagrams of the basic workflow, a conceptual
layout, and, finally, the specification of fixed equipment.
Apr 13 | Articles
Since Darwin, scientists have been fascinated and intrigued by the
social behavior of
insects and how that behavior might contribute to our understanding of
social evolution and development. The arthropod, specifically the Monomorium
pharaonis or pharaoh ant, is well-suited to this research because
of its reliable social system and genetic basis. Unlike most ants, the
pharaoh ant reproduces readily in the lab and has a brief life span, and
succeeding generations can be maintained easily and indefinitely.
Apr 13 | Articles
How do you attract the best and brightest? How do you retain the best
and brightest? From ATT's Bell Labs, to Xerox's PARC, to Apple's campus
in Cupertino, to Google's Googleplex, the business campus has been an
intangible aid in attracting and retaining bright people and fostering
creativity. In today's world, universities are recognizing the campus as
a potent physical symbol of the institution’s "brand" in recruitment.
Mar 20 | News
Five architectural firms have been short-listed by the University of
Buffalo (N.Y.) to design a facility for the School of Medicine and
Biological Sciences, which will replace the current aging med school on
the South Campus.
Mar 20 | News
Project continues development of new science-oriented campus in the
University of California system, and will be located behind the existing
Science and Engineering Building 1.
Jan 31 | News
A plan guiding at least 30 years of growth at the Cleveland (Ohio)
Clinic has been released after completion by Foster + Partners, London.
Jan 31 | News
The full agenda and online registration tool are now available for
Laboratory Design Spring 2012, to be held in Pittsburgh April 16 and 17,
with optional laboratory tours on April 18.
Jan 18 | News
The first part of a planned two-phase project, the Wisconsin Energy
Institute is a five-story building created for multidisciplinary
collaboration.
