by Andrea Hardy, AIA, and Scott Ross Steffes, IIDA Wildlife artist Charley Harper once observed, "When I look at a wildlife or nature object, I don't see the feathers in the wings, I just count the wings. I see exciting shapes, color...
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Breathing New Life into Brutalist Libraries
by Bob Mohr, AIA, LEED AP Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Photo by Robert Benson.Thanks to modern conservation efforts and popularization via media like the Oscar winning film “The Brutalist,”...
Lease signed on Nevada’s first stand-alone children’s hospital
Photo by Intermountain Health The Las Vegas Sun announced the latest milestone in the design of Intermountain Healthcare's Children's Hospital. The hospital is “one aspect of a comprehensive effort between Intermountain Health and passionate community partners to...
Building Design+Construction: Collaborative Design Approach Feature
Building Design+Construction shared an article by Principal Uma Ramanathan, FAIA, LEED AP. Uma details how our collabortive approach to healthcare design improves outcomes for patients, families, and healthcare workers. By engaging...
Designing for Feedback: How Occupancy Evaluations Shape Better Spaces
by Andrea Hardy, AIA, EDAC, and Natalie Shutt-Banks, AIA Recently, Natalie and I delivered an informative presentation titled “Developing a Qualitative Occupancy Survey That Is Applicable Across Project Types” at the EDRA56 Conference that...
Shepley Bulfinch Architect Named Healthcare Design 2025 Rising Star
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...
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...