Thank you to all who entered Lab Manager's third annual Design Excellence Awards, a program developed to recognize and celebrate the best new projects within the lab design community. 

Following the highly successful launch of this awards program in 2020, Lab Manager is once again proud to celebrate everyone who touches the lab design process—from the architect and lab planner to the engineer and equipment and furniture manufacturers. Entrants were asked to put their passion for their recent lab projects into words—and, by doing so, enter into an elite community within the lab design world. The winning entries described and demonstrated to our judges why their vision, execution, and delivery of the final lab was unique, and showed how these labs bring a new level of excellence to the lab design community.

The top winner in each category of Innovation, Sustainability, and Safety has been invited to present a webinar on their lab as part of the 2022 Design Digital Summit. Lab Manager is very pleased to recognize the following labs as winners of the 2022 Design Excellence Awards:

Excellence in Innovation: Caltech Chen Neuroscience Building. Submitted by SmithGroup.

Excellence in Sustainability: California Air Resources Board Southern California Headquarters, Mary D. Nichols Campus. Submitted by ZGF.

Honorable Mention, Safety category: Argonne National Laboratory Materials Design Laboratory. Submitted by IMEG Corp.

Honorable Mention, Innovation category: Ball Horticultural Company Helix Central Research and Development Center. Submitted by Christner.

Honorable Mention, Sustainability category: Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact at University of Oregon. Submitted by Ennead Architects with Bora Architecture & Interiors.

For more information on the Design Excellence Awards competition, please contact lab design editor MaryBeth DiDonna at mdidonna@labmanager.com. We also invite you to register for our free lab design e-newsletter, to be among the first to know when the 2023 competition will be open to entries.