This summer, Lab’s brand identity was awarded “Best in Show” at the 2012 SMPS Boston Recognizing Outstanding Communications (ROC) Awards for Marketing Communications and Marketing Achievements. The identity package also won first place in it’s category. Read more about the awards program and read an excerpt from the nomination summary.
News & Ideas
Chilling Out in the Lab
“Let’s meet in the Chill Center” is a frequent request we hear from one of our Cambridge-based R&D clients. The “Chill Center” is a 1,500sf somewhat nondescript, cafeteria area set in the middle of an open office environment near a lab zone. Furnished only with school cafeteria style tables, a kitchenette and a bank of vending machines (all items sold for 25 cents), the Chill Center is constantly buzzing with activity as scientists and engineers work out issues of R&D, often with unsolicited commentary from adjacent work cubicles. In our experience, it is one of the mostly highly collaborative and productive work environments out there.
Lab completes peer review for University of Sydney’s Australian Institute of Nanoscience
Principal Mark Reed and Professor Charles Marcus recently reviewed the design development drawings for the national center for advanced microscopy, nanofabrication, condensed matter physics, optics and other high performance laboratories. This is the fourth peer review completed in collaboration with the international offices of architects CH2MHill, Architectus, and Jestico|Whiles. Reed and Marcus consult to numerous […]
The Agile Firm: Using the Cloud to Boost Design and Client Service
At Lab, we recently celebrated our first year in business and are able to reflect upon our strategies for success. As a start-up, we had the opportunity to design and define a new model for delivering architectural services. We considered all aspects of the practice, from the details of technical infrastructure to our method of articulating design choices with our clients. Wanting to focus our time and effort on design and client relationships, we sought to create a company that is nimble and free of technological and infrastructural issues. Coming into being in the virtual age, Lab is built on the idea of portability and effective harnessing of the internet.
Lab wins IAVA Communicator Awards
Lab has won a silver award of distinction for its website and a gold award of excellence for business cards at the 18th Annual IAVA Communicator Awards. The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program recognizing big ideas in marketing and communications. The awards are judged by the International Academy of Visual Arts, an […]
Trending Upward: Physics Labs
Physicists are proud to call their field the “mother of the sciences,” and based upon our recent experience they have every right to boast. From medical device companies, laboratory equipment manufacturers, biotech startups to software development corporations, the role of physics has trended upward and is now a significant driver of laboratory design for many of our projects. This is an important new direction for lab design because the requirements for physical labs are fundamentally different from traditional life science spaces.
Lab on LEED and Living Walls in High Profile
Stephanie Goldberg talks with Steve Sundius of Rist-Frost-Shumway Engineering P.C. and Janice Goodman of Cityscapes, Inc. about the considerations and benefits of vertical gardens in interior spaces in the latest update of High Profile. Read the Feb 23rd article in High Profile »
LEED Innovation Credit: Living Walls
In a recent laboratory fit-out for a University, the client requested that we design a place for greenery within the common spaces. For universities and companies that are looking to design LEED certified projects, or bring existing projects into LEED compliance, Green Walls can be a key factor in earning certification. Considerations, however, need to be made for a successful installation.
Lab on the pitfalls of tenant improvements in High Profile
Mark Reed talks with John Matuszewski of McNamara/Salvia, Inc. and Andy Coull of JM Coull, Inc. builders about the hidden issues associated with the renovation and restoration in the latest issue of High Profile Monthly. Read the article on page 6 »
New Tradeline report on the future of research facilities, Mark Reed weighs in
In a new Tradeline report “Research & Research Facility Futures,” principal Mark Reed and other panalists identify the big ideas and important trends that will define research facility initiatives for the next two years and beyond. Read the full report »
