Architect Liyang Zhang was recognized by Healthcare Design magazine in their 2025 Rising Star awards program. Now in its eighth year, this national award recognizes emerging leaders who have made significant contributions to the healthcare...
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More Than a Hospital: Designing a New Future for Pediatric Care in Nevada
by Michelle Amberson, AIA, ACHA, EDAC As a healthcare architect for nearly two decades, I have specialized in designing healthcare environments that respond not only to clinical requirements but to the broader challenges facing...
All Gender Restrooms: Embracing Change in the Built Environment
by Amanda Vigneau, IIDA, NCIDQ, and Christopher Hillebrand, AIA, LEED AP As architects and designers, we face design challenges rooted in the built environment. Our collaboration with student activities professionals emphasizes the...
Shepley Bulfinch Principal Receives 2025 American Library Association Presidential Citation
Principal Kelly Karpinsky, AIA, LEED AP, is one of eight awardees to receive the American Library Association 2025 Presidential Citation, designated by the organization’s Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures committee. Awarded by...
Higher Education Symposium
Join Principal Kelly Karpinsky, AIA, LEED AP, and HOK's Director of Thought Leadership, Interiors, Kay Sargent, for a dynamic panel exploring the challenges and opportunities presented by the modern higher education landscape.Learn more...
Shifts in Dining Philosophy and Operation to Build Community
Shepley Bulfinch and Envision Strategies have been collaborating on the redesign of Lehigh University's Clayton University Center (CUC) for nearly a decade. Emerging from the pandemic and with new University leadership, the project scope...
Pride in Montrose: A beloved community hub and beacon for inclusivity
by Natalie Thurman, AIA, and Alyssa Hitt, IIDA, NCIDQ, LFA After much anticipation, the new Freed-Montrose Library opened in December 2024 to considerable excitement. As part of the Houston Public Library system, this new facility...
2025 Architizer A+ People’s Choice Award: Boston Children’s Hospital Hale Family Building
The Boston Children's Hospital Hale Family Building has won the People's Choice Award in the Hospitals and Healthcare Centers category of the 2025 Architizer A+ Awards. The project was awarded Finalist status in April 2025.The People's...
2025 Boston Preservation Alliance Achievement Award: Countway Library
The Boston Preservation Alliance recognized Harvard Medical School's Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine with a Preservation Achievement Award. When it comes to preservation, it is the story of people that make places special and this...
Learning to Thrive: Examining Higher Education and Downtown Durham
By Jeffery Bottomley, AIAOver the past year, Shepley Bulfinch has celebrated our 150th anniversary across the country. From captivating exhibitions in Boston and Phoenix, to a thought-provoking roundtable in Houston, we’ve taken the time...
Tradeline: Construction Underway at Yale New Haven Health Adams Neurosciences Center
Construction is underway on the Adams Neurosciences Center at Yale New Haven Health's Saint Raphael Campus in New Haven. The new, 204-bed impatient bed tower will integrate research, medical education, and clinical care. The building is being designed and constructed...
Two Wins at IIDA Southwest Design Awards
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Southwest Chapter recognized Shepley Bulfinch with two Design Awards for Pediatric and Library projects. The IIDA Design Awards are an annual program recognizing the highest quality and...