Page is a powerfully imaginative and collaborative architecture and engineering firm: one that’s ready for today and designed for what comes next. We pair form with function, reason with emotion, and ideas with expert implementation. At Page, the potential of what’s possible is paired with the practicality of how to make it happen. Our purpose is designing places smarter, while improving the experiences of those who work, live, and learn in them. From thought to finish, Page experts—of all disciplines—see the big picture, figure the best way forward, and deliver solutions in inventive and amazing ways. Imagine that.
Page is a powerfully imaginative and collaborative architecture and engineering firm: one that’s ready for today and designed for what comes next. We pair form with function, reason with emotion, and ideas with expert implementation. At Page, the potential of what’s possible is paired with the practicality of how to make it happen. Our purpose is designing places smarter, while improving the experiences of those who work, live, and learn in them. From thought to finish, Page experts—of all disciplines—see the big picture, figure the best way forward, and deliver solutions in inventive and amazing ways. Imagine that.
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Think what’s possible
Page Serves The Following Core Markets:
Mission Critical Science / Technology
The sky’s the limit with exceptional design and teams that outperform expectations.
Imagine:
• Greater sustainability from the inside out.
• Inspiring workplaces people want to return to.
• Learning environments that attract world class students.
• Health centers designed to make care and lives better.
• Research centers that speed innovation from lab to life.
• Now you’re thinking... Let’s get to work.
Full-service, international architecture, engineering, and design leader
We pair the art and science of possibility with how to make it happen. Expect powerfully imaginative and collaborative architecture, engineering and design that makes you ready for today and what comes next. From thought to finish, Page experts—of all disciplines— think outside the box, figure the best way forward, and deliver solutions to complex projects in new, inventive and amazing ways.
This we believe. As agents for positive change, we are driven by the ideals we hold dear. In the delivery of our services, we are guided by three core values:
Page is known for their well-researched program-driven solutions aided by integrated multidisciplinary expertise and a strategic mindset. We bring global thinking and experience to bear on projects that build communities. Our portfolio reflects a commitment to visionary design, a record of innovation and fresh ideas and most importantly, demonstrated success with complex projects.
We develop a uniquely created design for every project that reflects the building type, client, need and location. We take pride in knowing that a Page project is one of the best possible solutions to the needs of its multiple stakeholders from owner to operator to neighbor.
ENGINEERING
Our in-house engineering experts lead development of the latest industry design codes and standards. Page engineers contribute to progress in safety, wellness, sustainability, energy and carbon neutrality, and increase our impact by working across disciplines. We use a combination of custom tools and Building Information Technology solutions to visualize and communicate how occupants and operations interface with complex integrated building and process systems. Adoption of advances in renewable energy, microgrids, Internet of Things and high-performance systems demonstrate our commitment to socially responsible design. Our multidisciplinary mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and process engineering practice areas work collaboratively with design and construction partners to bring your concepts to reality.
The University of Oklahoma Biomedical Gallogly Hall / Norman, Oklahoma
INTERIORS
Page believes that well-designed interiors can be a critical force. They help clients accomplish their mission and improve the quality of people’s lives. Just like our interiors in our own offices, our clients’ interiors serve as positive, consistent visual reinforcements of their own cultural identity. By combining the skills of our interior designers with those of our architects, planners, engineers and visualization specialists, we offer our clients a range and quality of single-point responsibility found in a few other places. Our interiors services range from programming, space-planning and officing studies to the selection of furnishings, finishes and artwork.
PLANNING / URBAN DESIGN
We help our clients evolve, grow and prosper because our process is informed by research, cutting-edge technology tools and an appreciation for the unique culture of the people, organizations and places we serve. Our interdisciplinary team of master planners, urban designers, architects, landscape architects and programmers are dedicated to supporting the ongoing evolution of our urban areas, encouraging appropriate development and redevelopment suited to the particular conditions of each site we aim to transform. Through urban districts, institutional campuses, innovation districts, long range development plans, master plans, streetscapes and transit-oriented communities, our teams integrate the building blocks of community, sustainability and resilience into innovative solutions.
LAB PLANNING / DESIGN
Page specializes in challenging projects for demanding clients throughout the globe. Laboratory facilities are among the most intricate and complex projects. The unique challenges posed by highly toxic petrochemical corrosion labs, sterile environments for pharmaceutical manufacturing, biohazard high-containment suites and precise environmental control of animal laboratories are commonplace obstacles overcome by our dedicated technical team of architects and engineers every day. Page has specialists equipped with a thorough understanding of the safety standards and scientific equipment requirements foundational to the success of all laboratories.
BRANDING AND GRAPHICS
Our visual identity and experiential designers create brand identities and graphic designs that support how places and environments are experienced. The orchestration of 2-dimensional design work including typography, color, imagery, form, technology and, especially, content, forms this basis. Examples of this work include wayfinding systems, architectural graphics, signage, exhibit design, retail design and themed or branded spaces. We operate at the intersection of communications and the built environment. We provide architectural and placemaking visioning, and create overall design vocabularies that help clients hone in on the possibilities, character and nature of a project.
/ Technology
STRATEGIES / ANALYTICS
To support clients before and beyond traditional professional services, we have a dedicated strategies and analytics team that develops and employs a broad array of tools, techniques and processes to help our clients make informed project decisions sometimes before the nature of or need for a facility or real estate project is confirmed. Our team members collaborate with Page and consultant specialists to clarify goals, assemble information and evaluate alternatives. The team’s understanding of business dynamics and organizational complexities allows them to efficiently and effectively facilitate productive discussions and target research. Custom data exploration and visualization differentiate our deliverables that help bring clients and their stakeholders into the evaluation process.
BUILDING SCIENCES
Page approaches sustainable design through the interdisciplinary lens of building sciences to create higher-performing, healthier, more resilient buildings. As one of the first signatories of AIA 2030 Commitment, we are invested in leading the industry towards carbonneutral buildings and advocating for resilient solutions to help our clients prepare for the future. We believe that intention requires rigor and through our data-driven and integrative process, we collaborate early and often to ensure designs are informed by our building performance analysis informs design. With experience across a wide range of environmental certification systems, our multidisciplinary team is well qualified to provide a holistic and comprehensive approach to sustainable design.
COMMISSIONING
Page recognizes the level of investment and importance of facilities that function as designed from the day they open. Our Commissioning service provides a level of confidence to owners and operators as well as minimizes costly construction rework. This is accomplished through a collaborative process that includes the building owner, design professionals and the general contractor under the guiding hand of the Commissioning Authority. As a Certified Commissioning Firm, we adhere to exacting, providing our clients support construction quality. We perform Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing in accordance with NEBB standards. As an independent testing firm, we have no affiliation with general or installation contractors.
PROCESS ENGINEERING
Page process engineers work with industrial and high technology clients to develop industrial and chemical processes to support their manufacturing needs. Through our work with advanced technology clients, we have an acute sensitivity to the need for precision, accuracy and compliance with each client’s unique production needs. We work collaboratively with clients using a comprehensive programming process to understand their manufacturing flow and process requirements, and design systems that ensure safety and manufacturing standards are met or exceeded. Our team utilizes industry standard process flow diagrams, three-dimensional modeling software and instrument specifications to determine the needed infrastructure for successful facility and process design, and equipment installation.
Science / Technology Think beyond the bench
EXPERIENCE AND SERVICES
Biocontainment
Vivaria
Instrumentation
Cleanroom
Advanced Manufacturing
Laboratory Planning
Building Assessment
Data Analytics
Fabrication Workshops
1M+
Our lab planners program and design more than one million SF of specialized research space annually.
What’s your thing? Nanofabrication, planetary science, or biomedical engineering? Or is it unraveling the mysteries of nature, from the fundamental laws of physics to the intricate workings of the human brain?
Whatever your thing, we’re interested in the relentless pursuit of knowledge. Let’s explore how data-driven solutions and rigorous design thinking can shape everything from transdisciplinary research to high-containment facilities. How can we help you push the boundaries of what’s known, tackle society’s biggest challenges, and empower your purpose?
Commercial Life Sciences
Built environments that accelerate the conversion of research discoveries into meaningful health outcomes.
The rapid adoption of cutting-edge research and evolving pharmaceutical manufacturing techniques provides lifesaving opportunities for millions of people. To protect clients’ investments in these highly technical facilities and to optimize returns, our design specialists create a flexible building framework that can seamlessly adapt to ongoing advances in research and technology.
Dr. Paul Janssen Research Center / Beerse, Belgium
QIAGEN / Germantown and Frederick, Maryland
The Jackson Laboratory Research Expansion Program / Bar Harbor, Maine
Biopharmaceutical Analysis Training Laboratory (BATL) at Northeastern University / Burlington, Massachusetts
Confidential International Contract Research Organization Research Models and Services Animals Research Facility / Frederick, Maryland
VGXI Life Sciences and Biotechnology Facility Lab Expansion / The Woodlands, Texas
United Therapeutics is pushing the limits of innovation with groundbreaking biomedical research. They address the national shortage of transplantable lungs and other organs with a variety of biotechnology tools that either delay the need for such organs or expand the supply. To facilitate their move from co-working space in Kendall Square to a re-purposed 19th-century mill-work building, they required a renovated laboratory and sophisticated workplace to attract and retain the best and brightest researchers.
Page’s design includes a flexible layout for undefined future equipment and beta testing of new technological models. The facility is designed to Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) standards and easily accommodates upgrades as needed.
Vivarium Planning / MEP Engineering / Fire Protection Engineering
At the forefront of discovering cures for human diseases, The Jackson Laboratory’s multi-phase master plan has guided the company’s strategic campus growth. Developed with Page, the plan has included important new facilities such as the East Research Building on the Bar Harbor Campus, and the world’s most technically-advanced barrier vivarium on the Ellsworth campus. Over the past 20 years, Page has provided comprehensive services for all of these projects including uniquely-designed mechanical systems for the sensitive animal environments over the past 20 years.
Collaborating with Page, the world-leading producer of genetically engineered mice created the most advanced mouse-production facility in the world in just two years. To support the increasing global demand for research mice in genetic science and personalized medicine, Jackson Laboratories (JAX) acquired a 114,000-square-foot abandoned Lowe’s warehouse and asked Page to lead the ambitious project. The architecture and engineering teams managed the initiative on two tracks: 1) existing building assessment and modification design; 2) vivarium operation technology design.
A “box within a box” approach enabled construction to occur yearround to meet the fast-track schedule without inheriting the problems associated with existing lower quality construction of the enclosure. Careful thought was given to maintain separation between clean and dirty materials as well as between each barrier level within the facility. The mechanical services were built within the existing warehouse but located outside the barrier facility to allow the servicing of equipment without interrupting the mouse production. In addition to challenges such as height limits and varied structural bay sizes due to the building’s prior use, throughout the building design process, robotic devices and new automation technology were designed, tested and implemented.
Biopharmaceutical Analysis Training Laboratory (BATL) at Northeastern University
Located on the third floor of Northeastern University’s Mixed-Use Research Building in Burlington, Massachusetts, this 6,500-squarefoot fit-out for Biopharmaceutical Analysis Training Laboratory (BATL) is well-positioned among a community of industry research partners working closely with the University. BATL’s innovative and globallyrecognized experiential learning and credentialing programs offer a neutral platform to train the industry’s workforce. Program elements include: research lab and support, cell culture, mass spectroscopy, a mock cGMP facility, a 50-person training classroom, informal collaboration space, as well as administrative office space.
Page has assisted QIAGEN with integration and repositioning of physical asset nationally. As part of multiple repositioning moves within QIAGEN’s Germantown and Frederick, Maryland facilities, Page provided detailed lab planning and design for a range of R&D and packaging resources. One critical enabling project was a new center to support QIAGEN’s regional and global instrument repair and training. The facility included innovative labs that integrated classrooms with labs equipped to support QIAGEN’s full line of analytical and diagnostic instrumentation. In addition to the instructional labs, the facility included resources for complete repair and refit of customer equipment, including the ability to receive potentially contaminated equipment, and warehousing for efficient customer response.
Page worked with Regeneron – a leading biopharmaceutical company delivering life-transforming medicines – to fully modernize Building 767 on their Tarrytown, New York headquarters campus. Built in the 1950s, the 4-story building was renovated to create laboratories, open workstations, private offices, conference rooms, and support areas.
Research activity at Regeneron is collaborative, dynamic, and rapidly evolving. With a greater reliance on closed system instrumentation, sample handling automation, and robotics, the renovation served as a test bed to incubate improvements in flexibility, adaptability, and changeability to meet evolving workplace demands.
A new electrochromatic glazing system replaced the old single pane glass curtainwall. The five tinting levels of the electro chromatic glass system are coordinated with sun movement/angles at any given time during the day, the interior lighting control system, and conference room AV systems. The project also provided new vertical MEP distribution and new stair enclosures to meet life safety codes. The site is designed to LEED Silver target standards with an opportunity to achieve Gold.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Facilities and Real Estate Master Plan
At a Glance
Project Size
1,000,000 Square Feet
Services Provided Planning
Nestled in the lush Hudson River Valley, the Regeneron research and design campus supports an array of lifesaving technologies that enhance millions of lives. With research labs alongside the corporate headquarters and extensive employee amenities, Page’s master plan will help Regeneron keep pace with the rapidly growing pharmaceutical marketplace and recruit the best and brightest.
Over nine weeks, Page conceptualized and designed the campus to reflect Regeneron’s stature as a biotechnology and pharmaceutical leader. With a myriad of product candidates undergoing clinical trials and approval, Regeneron needed an integrative master plan to address its operational, scientific, and personnel needs.
Encompassing more than 1,000,000 square feet, the plan offers ample areas for research and design, including state-of-the-art vivaria. A café, fitness center, day care facility, and courtyards enrich the employee experience.
The campus’ walkable corporate headquarters will be accessible by footbridge and will integrate indoor and outdoor areas into a cohesive work environment. With buildings adjoined by green fields and seating areas, the architectural design balances natural light, greenery, and modernized workspaces to enhance employee productivity. There’s also a space to honor the site’s Indigenous heritage, paying homage to the artifacts found on the Regeneron property and offering a glimpse into its undeveloped past.
Regeneron’s current therapies help millions worldwide with ocular, cardiovascular, and inflammatory diseases as well as cancer, allergic conditions, and pain. Page’s master plan ensures they can continue building their legacy of wellness and pushing the boundaries of science to make life-changing medicines.
University at Albany East Campus Biotechnology Park
Gen*NYS*is Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics
The Ge*NY*Sis Center is designed for revenue-generating multiple tenancy and to support a range of occupancies including biomedical research, instrumentation support labs, a core facility that includes a high-sensitivity mass spectrometer, and a transgenic barrier vivarium operated by Taconic Farms, as well as a conferencing center and administrative offices.
The inaugural project on the 93-acre site, Ge*NY*Sis is planned around a double loaded corridor with labs on either side, support labs throughout the floor, and “neighborhoods” of offices.
We conducted a market study and met with multiple stakeholders to define, conceptualize, and evaluate laboratory and facility planning features. Modular, expandable laboratories are designed to allow for aggregation as scientific programs grow. Significant public and common space support a host of scientific and public relations functions to advance fundraising and recruiting. A signature doubleheight glass lobby serve as a beacon for hope visible across the Hudson River.
The project was executed with fast-track construction in partnership with a construction manager to define early design decisions, separate bid packages, and control costs.
Life Sciences and Biotechnology Facility Lab Expansion
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS
At a Glance
Project Size
260,000 Square Feet
Services Provided Architecture / Programming / Planning / Laboratory Planning / MEP Engineering / AV and Acoustics / Interiors
Designing for continuous growth VGXI, a biomedical manufacturing company, has looked to Page as a trusted, long-term partner for the planning and design of their office and production facilities. Since 2001 when their first cGMP production plant was constructed, Page has designed several other campus facilities including: a vivarium, a 15,000-square-foot ISO 7 cleanroom that contained a glass wash area with autoclave, fermentation rooms, cell bank research, chemical and material storage, a second biomedical production plant, and most recently an office expansion. To ensure continuous operations of production, the Page team developed phasing plans that moved office personnel into newly acquired lease space while existing space could be renovated into a multipurpose conference area and open office.
Half glass walls in the production plant cleanroom allow VGXI clients a full view of their production process without entering the controlled area. Construction of the cleanroom required extensive saw cutting of the existing slab to remove sumps and other items left by the previous tenants. Structural shoring of the existing roof now supports three new air handling units and a chiller. The cleanroom required expansion of VGXI’s existing DI water system and their nitrogen, oxygen, compressed gas, and vacuum systems. An existing production plant was also renovated in phases to a research and development facility focused on small scale production and testing.
