Transformation, Timing, Technology and Timber: A New Era for Public Health Laboratory Design

In the winter 2025 issue of Lab Matters, the official publication of the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), HDR’s Tom Knittel, sustainability design director, and Michael Mottet, principal laboratory planner, share perspectives and insights on a new era of design for public health laboratories. Focused on transformation, timing, technology and timber, the article explores the Los Angeles Public Health Laboratory’s (LAPHL) priorities for its new addition and design drivers that prioritize collaboration, efficiency, sustainability and wellbeing.

Read the full article, “Transformation, Timing, Technology and Timber: A New Era for Public Health Laboratory Design.”