Knowledge Cafe

Framing the Concept

This turbulent year has tested our resilience. We have been forced to confront challenges and be adaptable in order to live, work, and engage physically, emotionally, and intellectually wherever we are in new and innovative ways. Our individual experiences of this pandemic are woven into larger syst...

In Spring of 2020, most architecture students, like myself, grew increasingly concerned about the prospects of our fast approaching future careers. At a time when looking for work is stressful in itself, the pandemic introduced an even more confusing degree of job insecurity. But through the simple process of one appl...

Colleges and universities spend millions of dollars building residence halls hoping to create a home away from home for students. They address the front door experience, indoor-outdoor connections, provide abundant study space, partner with academic programs to activate classrooms and maker spaces and focus on cultural...

The workplace changes necessitated by COVID-19 restrictions created an opportunity to reimagine our long-standing Virginia Design Medalist Program. Unlike our traditional format, with one or two medalists spending their term in our offices observing, teaching and mentoring; the 2020 virtual format allowed each of the o...

The health and safety of lab workers is at the forefront of all lab design. The COVID-19 pandemic has added enhanced protocols to everything we do, including the way we will work and interact in the lab. The traditional lab worker will need to navigate a multitude of COVID-19 recommendations and safety measures from th...

Unlike any before it, the 2020 version of the Hanbury S. Michael Evans Virginia Design Medalist Program will carry on - virtually!

For the past 15 years a professor of architecture, planning or a design-related field has spent several weeks with Hanbury, participating in design discussions, critiquing work and deliveri...