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Mentoring the leaders of tomorrow

Mentoring the leaders of tomorrow

by Justin Pelland, AIA, LEED GA For leaders in any organization, it’s important to recognize that the junior staff of today will eventually become the leaders of our organizations tomorrow. Mentorship is an integral way for firm leaders and project teams to support...

Creating inclusive legal institutions

Creating inclusive legal institutions

by Natalie Thurman, AIA Photo credit: University of Houston Law Center When designing the new 178,600 sf John M. O’Quinn Law Building at the University of Houston (UH), we worked closely with the institution’s leadership to create a prominent, top-tier law school...

Designing for life-changing scientific inquiry

Designing for life-changing scientific inquiry

by Jeffery Bottomley AIA Longfellow Real Estate Partners | Triangle 54 After 20 years of working in North Carolina, in 2021 Shepley Bulfinch furthered its commitment to the Research Triangle region with the acquisition of Durham, based PARC design lab. It allowed the...

The forefront of mixed-use development

The forefront of mixed-use development

by Connie Jiang, Jonah Busick, AIA LEED AP and Paul Marquez X Phoenix is a new two-phase, 1.1 million sf mixed-use development in Phoenix’s Central Business District that fosters community engagement for both residents and Phoenix locals. The intensive ground floor...

Generating efficiencies with small healthcare projects

Generating efficiencies with small healthcare projects

by Andrea Hardy, AIA, EDACNorth Shore Physicians Group | Primary Care Practice Rowley We often ask ourselves: how do we know we are making a difference, and how do we develop a lens for learning? Shepley Bulfinch's large-scale healthcare projects, which span from...

Student Life Design

Student Life Design

Impacting campus wellnessby Amanda Vigneau, NCIDQ and Kalyn Pavlinic, NCIDQUMASS Amherst | Student Union RenovationAs interior designers, we have the opportunity and responsibility to help students achieve deeper levels of engagement in their learning, social...

The technology balancing act

The technology balancing act

by Derek Noble, AIAUniversity of Notre Dame | Hesburgh Library As our world reopens from COVID isolation, we are entering back into undefined territory – a form of hybrid existence. As architects, in our hybrid, post COVID world, technology is driving design and the...

Evolving Urban Design

Evolving Urban Design

Embracing The Urban Challengeby Joe Herzog, AIACAV | Next Tucson Nearly 60% of Americans live in urban environments and that percentage is rapidly increasing. We are in the middle of an unprecedented age of mass urbanization. Shepley Bulfinch’s urban design architects...

Welcome to the hybrid library

Welcome to the hybrid library

by Kelly Brubaker, AIAVirginia Commonwealth University | Cabell LibraryLibraries have grown to become the intellectual and social hubs of campus, where, prior to March 2020, students, researchers, and faculty gathered to collaborate and connect. Now, almost two years...

Designing for people and planet

Designing for people and planet

by Matt Gifford, AIA and Pete Rasmussen, AIAYale New Haven Hospital | Smilow Cancer HospitalCreating human-centered designs At Shepley Bulfinch, we approach sustainability holistically, evaluating the broad range of elements that the term “sustainability” encompasses...

Modernizing construction conventions

Modernizing construction conventions

by Michelle Mantegna, AIA, EDACAs an industry shifting toward leaner processes and multidisciplinary collaboration, there’s been a need to evolve the process of RFIs, or Requests for Information. At the onset of construction for the Mayo Clinic’s East Expansion, we...

Connecting with indigenous art

Connecting with indigenous art

Cahokia is Arizona’s first Indigenous women-owned art gallery, the nation’s first Indigenous women-led art and SocialTech space and newest physical art gallery in Roosevelt Row. Located on the ground floor of The Link, a thirty-story multi-family mixed-use development...