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Bakar BioEnginuity Hub
Formerly home to the famed Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, Bakar BioEnginuity Hub provides world-class lab space for world-changing scientific discovery.
Insights & Perspectives
Designing for Innovation: The Power of Amenity-Rich Lab Design
Why Amenity-Rich Lab Design Is the Future As life sciences and research environments evolve, amenity-rich lab design  is quickly becoming...
Key Considerations When Choosing an Architect for Your Lab Design Project
When launching a laboratory design or renovation, one of the most important decisions you’ll make is selecting the right architect....
Alternate Models for Bioscience Research Facilities: A Case for Urban Lab Integration
As life sciences continue to evolve at the forefront of innovation, the spaces where this research happens must evolve as well. At MBH...
In the News
Industrial Maker Space Now Is Cutting-Edge Biolab
Retrofit Magazine | February 3, 2025 MBH Architects , an award-winning architecture and design firm headquartered in the San Francisco...
Key Considerations for Selecting the Right Architect for Lab Design Projects
Effective Lab Design Starts with Selecting the Right Architect
Overcoming Design Challenges at 135 Mississippi: MBC Biolabs' Latest Facility
Reinvigorating a historic industrial building, MBH Architects has created a cutting-edge lab and office space for MBC BioLabs.
Transforming Old Industrial Building to Innovative Lab Space
MBC Biolabs in San Francisco represents a cutting-edge adaptive reuse of a historic industrial maker space, delivering a modern and dynamic
Webinar: Choosing the Right Architect
LabDesign News Choosing the right architect is a pivotal decision that can significantly impact the success of lab builds or renovations....
Bakar BioEnginuity Hub Wins 2023 Docomomo Award
MBH Architects| September 14, 2023 Bakar BioEnginuity Hub has been honored with the prestigious Design Award of Excellence in the 2023...
Designing wet labs vs. dry labs: Enhancing flexibility and collaboration in research facilities
The McMorrow Reports | October 23 by Eddie Hall Research and innovation are the driving forces behind scientific progress, and the design...
Tour Bakar BioEnginuity Hub in Virtual Reality
Bakar Bioenginuity Hub is the conversion of the former Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive into a modern, life science incubator...
A Complete Guide to Adaptive Reuse in 2023
Green Building & Design | June 19, 2023 by Andrew Biro If you’ve ever seen or been inside a building that serves a different function...
Once deemed unsafe, Bakar BioEnginuity Hub is now a modern coworking science lab
R&D World | June 2, 2023 by Heather Hall Bakar BioEnginuity Hub transforms a historically significant building on the University of...
The Benefits of An Amenity-Rich Lab Design Model
Eddie Hall, project architect and senior associate at MBH Architects, talks about his career highlights and valuable skills for lab...
MBH Architects on Trends in Bay Area Life Science Design
Eddie Hall shares details about the firm's latest development, and weighs in on both ground-up and adaptive-reuse projects in the sector....
Adaptive Innovation
MBH Architects transformed a vacated building into a LEED Gold-certified innovation hub at the University of California, Berkeley campus...
Art Becomes Science
LD+A Magazine | January 2023 by Michele Zimmerman A landmark building on the campus of UC Berkeley undergoes an overhaul that suits its...
15 Essential Architecture and Design Reads for 2023
Metropolis | January 4, 2023 Living through 2022 felt like living in a kaleidoscope. The Metaverse, the war in Ukraine, supply chain...
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