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Top 10 Most-Read Tradeline Reports of 2016
- Major Trends in Research Facility Planning and Design
- NIH Receives a $2 Billion Funding Boost
- The Next-Next Generation Workplace
- Intel Designs Next Generation Workplace for Recruitment and Retention
- Transforming Existing Spaces into Active Learning Classrooms
- Future Proofing Vivarium Space Through Flexible Design
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s New Space Allocation System
- “Super Lab” Improves Student Learning, Challenges Faculty Adaptability
- Maker Spaces: The Bridge Between Higher Education and Industry
- UPenn Replaces the HVAC System of a Fully Occupied, Operational Chemistry Facility
Integrated Design and Operational Practices Support Flexibility in Weill Cornell’s Vivarium
Opened in January 2014, Weill Cornell Medicine’s Belfer Research Building (BRB) houses a 31,525-sf vivarium that has already put one of its guiding design principles—flexibility—to the test. The product of an academic program expansion that entails recruiting 50 new faculty, the BRB vivarium is equipped with a multitude of spaces that can be converted to specialty uses not defined at planning.
Results-Oriented Work Environment Reinvents Traditional Workplace
The technology-driven ability to work virtually from anywhere at any time is changing the way workspace is designed and utilized. The growing practice of allowing employees to work from remote locations means as much as 50 percent of total office workspace could be unoccupied at any given time, resulting in wasted money in leasing and operating costs.
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
The University of North Dakota’s new School of Medicine and Health Sciences building in Grand Forks transforms medical and health sciences education in the state by creating a shared, collaborative learning environment, collocating for the first time the programs of medicine, basic science, medical lab science, physician assistant, sports medicine, public health, and occupational and physical therapy.
Technology Fosters Teamwork in New ARIAD Pharmaceuticals Headquarters
ARIAD Pharmaceuticals’ new home in Cambridge, Mass., has 40,000 sf of high-tech biology and chemistry labs, along with four distinct space types to accommodate the work modes of its staff: focus, collaboration, learning, and social engagement. The new 130,000-rentable-square-foot headquarters, known by its address, 125 Binney Street, in the heart of the Kendall Square life science community, stands in marked contrast to the company’s existing facility, less than two miles away.