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How to Optimize Your Building’s HVAC for Wellness and Energy Efficiency

Historically, “good” design for HVAC systems has swung like a pendulum between two outcomes: energy efficiency and...

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What We Learned From Our ‘Back To Work’ Survey

As workplace designers, we spend much of our time pondering what the corporate workplace of the future will look...

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Why Early Lab Planning Benefits Developers and Life Science Companies

Amid the pandemic-era rush for new laboratory space, many life science companies made a key misjudgment: That any...

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Cafeteria at Cambridge Savings Bank operations center

Health and Wellness Take Center Stage at Cambridge Savings Bank

Designed to enhance the employee experience and strengthen collaboration, CSB’s new operations center earned the...

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How to Think About the Future Workplace

In the first of a new series on the future of the workplace, SMMA’s Jonathan Merin explains how companies should be...

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Accelerating Science Through Flexibility

The lab of the future is going to be more compact, more efficient, and designed for the institution. No longer are...

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Architecting Altruism

Volunteering with the Open Architecture Collaborative has allowed Mike Kyes to experience firsthand the profound and...

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Interior Design for Generation Z

For Gen Z, “Enhanced Communication” Won’t Cut It

As the fastest-growing generation, Generation Z, loosely defined as those born between the mid-1990s and early 2000s...

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Why Lab Designers Should Aim to ‘Speak the Language’ of Scientists

As lab designers, we are always striving to better understand the needs of lab scientists—the end users who our...

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