Fitts-Woolard Hall was named “Public Project of the Year” by Business North Carolina as part of the magazine’s 2021 Building North Carolina awards. These annual awards recognize some of the state’s most significant real estate projects, evaluated based on design,…
Premier research universities are powerful economic engines in their regions – they drive innovation, support industry partners, and educate the future workforce. As STEM industries have evolved, so have education and research environments on higher education campuses.
In 2019, Clark Nexsen’s Don Kranbuehl, FAIA, LEED AP, attended the AIA Large Firm Roundtable Summit on Carbon and left with a strong feeling that building design must change in a big way. The built environment accounts for almost 40%…
Building Design + Construction has released its 2020 Giants report, the publication’s annual rankings of the top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the country by overall revenue. This year, the report features more than 130 rankings across 25 building…
The new frontier for design is reducing the embodied carbon in building materials. Clark Nexsen’s Julia Janaro and Don Kranbuehl look at the tools for selecting low carbon materials and the methods for tracking and reducing the carbon in laboratory building systems.
Demand for new S+T workplaces has remained strong and even increased in 2020 as companies pursue emerging therapies and look to develop work environments that facilitate research at the highest level. Researchers in STEM fields require access to a lab…
The COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as one of the most pressing issues of our time. Accordingly, pharma and biotech companies have pivoted to researching cures, vaccines, and supportive medicine to address this global crisis. We already know that facility design…
The American Institute of Architects, South Atlantic Region (AIA SAR) recognized an unprecedented six Clark Nexsen projects with design excellence awards at a ceremony held on April 14, 2019 during the Aspire Experience Conference in Asheville, North Carolina.
Research environments on college campuses play a critical role in attracting top tier students and faculty and securing industry partnerships. With STEM career fields burgeoning, these facilities have become increasingly high profile, demanding design and technology that closely mirrors leading…
UNC Charlotte recently broke ground on a $90 million science building that will reshape the way science is taught and studied at the school. Clark Nexsen and Payette are partnered with UNCC for the design of 130,000 square feet of flexible classrooms and labs.
Virtually every college or university has experienced the painful challenge of cutting project scope to meet budget limitations. Even seemingly large budgets, typically accompanied by equally significant project goals, can be quickly consumed. Featuring UNC Charlotte’s multidisciplinary new STEM building…
Clark Nexsen has been ranked the No. 20 leading architecture and design firm in the U.S., according to ARCHITECT Magazine, the official publication of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), which annually publishes its Architect 50 list.
A senior electrical engineer shares his perspective on what it takes to successfully design laboratory and manufacturing environments for the fast-changing pharmaceutical and biotech industry.
NC State University has broken ground on Fitts-Woolard Hall, a new $150 million engineering building on Centennial Campus. In the past 10 years, engineering undergraduate enrollment at NC State has grown by 22 percent, and graduate enrollment has more than…
Laboratories around the world provide the high-tech environments researchers need to uncover groundbreaking medical therapies, make agricultural advancements, and develop innovative approaches to the world’s greatest challenges. Successful laboratories are the result of extensive planning, collaboration, and coordination between the…
Join Don Kranbuehl and Pat O’Keefe on April 25th at the 2017 Laboratory Design Conference to explore strategies that maximize tight S+T budgets, work within rapid construction schedules, and deliver facilities that foster collaboration and community.
Design is changed forever when you can be transported to another environment without leaving your desk or conference room. It opens the door to endless possibilities – VR inherently expands the boundaries of creativity. Virtual reality first touched my life…
Select S+T clients include Alexandria Real Estate Equities / Argos Therapeutics / BASF / Bayer / bioMérieux / Duke University / FujiFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies / Georgia Regents University / Germanna Community College / KBI Biopharma / LabCorp / Longwood University / Medicago…