In 2020, the American Institute of Architects' COTE® Top Ten program celebrated its 24th year and highlighted projects that met the AIA Committee on the Environment's rigorous criteria for social, economic, and ecological value. Shepley...
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Celebrating visionary leadership
by Arlinda ShtuniWe congratulate our CEO, Carole Wedge on being named the 2020 recipient of the Kemper Award. This significant award celebrates the legacy of Edward C. Kemper, the first Executive Director of the AIA. For the past seventy years, the award has been...
Integrated patient care leads the way
For more than 30 years, we have partnered with Yale New Haven Health (YNHH) to support their strategic vision and evolving medical practice. Our design thinking has guided their transformation from a single academic medical center into a system of campuses and...
Evolving our connection with nature: Six principles of biophilic design and biophilic design elements
by Sonja BochartWhat makes the spaces we envision indelible, serene, restorative—places where people and communities thrive? Biophilia—our intrinsic human connection with the natural world—continues to guide our design thinking and process at Shepley Bulfinch. We are...
Elevating mental health at North Shore Medical Center
by Cathleen LangeAs designers, we’re enabling a critical shift in the perception and treatment of behavioral health. Mental illnesses affect tens of millions of people each year in the U.S., yet according to estimates, only half of the people with mental illnesses...
Giving students room to grow
by Joel PettigrewAn evolution has taken place in higher education over the last decade. Today’s campuses have come a long way from the narrowly focused academic institutions of yore. They are not just places where one goes to study, but dynamic microcosms of activity...
The benefits of co-locating design and construction teams
by Jennifer Aliber, FAIA, ACHA, and Michelle Amberson, AIA, EDACAs demand for faster, more efficient and progressive projects across renovations and new construction accelerates, the request for in-person, cross-team collaboration has followed suit. Co-location holds...
Demystifying pharmacy regulations
by Carole WedgeSatisfying the recently updated U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) 797 and 800 regulations can be a daunting task for healthcare facilities. In fact, at a recent New England Healthcare Engineers’ Society Conference, only five health facility reps were...
Embodied carbon: Why does it matter?
by Siiri JulianusThere are two types of carbon emissions in reference to a building: operational and embodied. While operational carbon—the carbon dioxide (CO2) that is emitted, with use, during the life of a building—has been a mainstream topic within the sustainable...
How will the design and planning industries be practicing in ten years? Angela Watson joins CAPLA Futures Council
By Sara GlassmanShepley Bulfinch Principal Angela Watson, FAIA, is serving as a member of the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture’s (CAPLA) inaugural Futures Council, a 12-member advisory group formed as part of CAPLA’s...
30 years in the making
by Sarah BousquetWith a 30-year career that coincides with the advent of digital information and new modes of research and learning—more interactive and less reliant on physical materials—Principal Janette S. Blackburn, has charged her clients, peers, and industry to...
New leaders, fresh perspectives
by Sarah BousquetLet’s hear it for advancing design, as we applaud and welcome three new principals: Derek Noble, AIA, LEED AP, Alison F. Rainey, AIA, and Chris Waltz, AIA, LEED AP. We are thrilled to name Alison, Derek, and Chris as design leaders at Shepley...