Ideas Worth Sharing
Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat Wins ENR’s Regional Best Project Award
A collaboration with Kevin Hart, the Hartbeat creative office continues to gain industry accolades by winning ENR California's 2024 Regional Best Projects. Following a review by judges of 90 projects throughout California, Hartbeat is celebrated for how the project team overcame challenges, the contribution to the industry and community, and the project's safety, construction and design quality.
Los Angeles Business Journal Presents Gold Award to Graymark Capital’s Westlake Labs
Each year, the Los Angeles Business Journal (LABJ) hosts the Valley Commercial Real Estate Awards, which showcases the most notable commercial real estate projects throughout the region. Among numerous nominees, Westlake Labs is the winner of the Gold Award: Redevelopment Project of the Year.
Yale New Haven Health ED Annex: 2024 AGC Build Connecticut Award Winner
Following review by a panel of judges representing all sectors of the construction and design community, AGC/CT celebrates the Yale New Haven Health ED Annex project with an award presented at the Build Connecticut Awards Dinner.
Architectural Digest | Inside Kevin Hart’s Stylish Hollywood Office
Join Kevin Hart in a fun and engaging Architectural Digest tour to celebrate the new Hartbeat space! A partnership between Hartbeat, Studio 7 Design Group, and BAM Creative, Kevin Hart shares the key project goals: modern design, open spaces, and comfortable areas for impromptu conversation, collaboration, and fun while working, interviewing, and conducting screenings.
LAWeekly: How Lab Launch is Making Space for Life Sciences Startups
Lab Launch and BAM Creative have focused on supporting life sciences in Los Angeles by collaborating on projects that provide customized lab facilities for growth-stage biotech and life science brands. We are proud that LA Weekly has shined a spotlight on the benefit of life sciences in Los Angeles, and the recently completed LabLaunch/BAM collaboration of Lab Launch@ATX in Atwater Village.
HATCHlabs: NAIOP Interior Project of the Year Finalist
As the first post-incubation facility in Orange County, HATCHlabs embodies a major milestone for the community and will support scientific advancements into the future. This state-of-the-art, end-user focused, and design-forward space allows science and technology start-ups to optimize recruitment and retain top talent.
Commercial Observer Highlights Graymark Capital + BAM Creative Lab Space Conversion
Out with the old office, in with the new lab space. Graymark Capital has acquired a 98,800-square-foot office in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and is set to convert it into a speculative life sciences campus thanks to a $42 million loan from MetLife. BAM Creative designed the conversion plan that will feature 60 percent lab-ready space with upgraded mechanical, electrical and plumbing capabilities, as well as 40 percent newly built creative office support space.
BAM @ Greater LA Life Science Forum
Hosted by Biocom California and BizFed Institute, BAM Principal Brian Spence, AIA, LEED AP is one of many esteemed speakers at the 1st Annual Greater LA Life Science Forum.
GSD Advisors
Congratulations to GSD Advisory Group on a their brand identity and site! It was awesome collaborating with your team. GSD is an inspired team that focuses on creating sports and entertainment fan development opportunities through authentic engagement and human connection.
Yale New Haven Health & BAM Collaboration
In a lightning fast 3 months, Yale New Haven Health and BAM collaborated to design and build an Emergency Department Annex Building with 35 new patient bays and 9 nurse stations, delighting both staff and patients.
IFMA Foundation Fundraiser
In his role as IFMA NYC President, Dan Castner continues the chapter’s tradition of hosting a wine tasting as a part of the annual IFMA Foundation Fundraiser.
SCOR Integrated Design Case Study
The SCOR NY regional office project highlighted on this page illustrates how BAM goes above and beyond, by providing a wholly integrated suite of design services to their client partners.
SCOR Video 28 Liberty
What does the future mean for you? BAM Creative and SCOR just finished building a workplace to meet the post-pandemic world
head-on.
Wayfinding or The Art Of Navigation
In this paper, we will define and look at the history of wayfinding and provide an overview of the different wayfinding principles and information systems used in built environments. We will discover how to create a clear wayfinding plan and showcase examples of these systems and how wayfinding is being affected by COVID-19 and new technologies.
President of IFMA NYC: BAM Principal Dan Castner
BAM is excited to announce that Dan Castner is IFMA NYC Chapter President!
Your Website and You
What does a poorly designed website say about your business? It says, we don’t care and it shows! Here are five clues that it's time for a design refresh.
Juneteenth Freedom Day
The United States is commemorating the end of slavery with a new federal holiday. President Biden signed legislation into law Thursday to make Juneteenth, or June 19, the 12th federal holiday.
NAIOP Features Research Paper “Starting a Lab Facility: An Industry Primer”
The scientific research market has grown substantially over the last ten years. With a global pandemic in front of mind, investors are looking at the life science industry now more than ever.
June NYC Builds Bio Event: A Primer on Lab Facilities
Interested in helpful insights about starting a lab facility and costs involved? On Tuesday, June 8th join BAM and other industry leaders for the NYC Builds Bio event "A Primer on Lab Facilities and Related Cost Considerations For Developers, Investors, Real Estate Professionals and Life Science Executives."
AAPI Heritage Month 2021
During this Asian American and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month, BAM celebrates the creatives that inspire us. BAM Creative stands with the Asian and Pacific Islander community in fighting against racism, injustice, and anti-Asian hate crimes.
First Post Pandemic Workplace
BAM Creative and SCOR created a future workplace to meet the post-pandemic world head-on. SCOR, a global company, needed a dynamic workplace that strengthens its culture by prioritizing flexibility, technology, communication, and employee safety.
BAM as inspired by Patcraft
Thanks Patcraft! Your Idea Box included some of our favorite new products. Our Interiors team was inspired to create a material palette with our favorite Patcraft items, new and old! Our “BAM as inspired by Patcraft” palette is driven by oceanic blues and greens, sandy neutrals, rustic textures, and grid geometry.
Work from home+parenting
BAM Profile Series: Life as a working parent during the Pandemic. This post takes you through a great range of experiences as a working from home parent during the pandemic.
Weill Cornell Southampton Signage Goes Up
Congratulations to Weill Cornell Medicine on the continued expansion of primary care and reproductive medicine facilities! We truly enjoy the opportunity to collaborate with your inspiring team.
Potential Code Changes Due To COVID-19 Pandemic
Emergency Departments have been part of the frontline response to the pandemic since the beginning of the virus outbreak. The evolving crisis meant more people confined to home while testing, albeit insufficient, was developed. Any given Emergency Department facility needed to change protocols every day.
BAM on the Red Carpet
Congratulations to Los Angeles Union Station on a star-studded Oscars event!
Collaborating with the team at Morlin Asset Management, LP and Union Station, BAM was passionate about restoring the beauty of the station and modernizing it to open an entirely new market for Union Station to serve as an inspired venue for events - including the Oscars.
Earth Day 2021
Happy Earth Day! Twenty-five percent of the designers at BAM Creative hold LEED certifications. Eco-friendly design solutions are vital to our practice. Watch this video to learn about earth-friendly architecture and interiors practices that can make a difference in our environment.
IFMA April Panel Discussion
Curious how to design the lab of your dreams? Interested in the evolving demand on facility managers and how to plan for going back to work safely? On April 20th, join the IFMA Research and Development Council for the answers!
Parallels Between UX Design and Architectural Design
Even with little overlap on the timeline of history, there are great parallels between UX and Architecture professions. In the near future, the line between these two will be blurred even further, largely due to rapidly developing technologies.
First To Market Case Studies
BAM Creative helped our client partners be first to market on all of these groundbreaking projects.
The Livable City
Urban design has come a long way since then and a variety of city planning strategies have emerged overtime. The common denominator among all these developments is the response to human needs during different historical periods.
WCA and Westchester County’s Office of Economic Development Highlight BAM
During a recent All Access Healthcare: Spotlight on Westchester's Bioscience Ecosystem webinar, Larry Gottlieb of Robert Martin Company discussed how BAM and Robert Martin Company have collaborated on design of technically complex projects.
First Self-Shielded MRI / First Neonatal MRI in the U.S.
Another collaboration between Yale New Haven Health and BAM—the first self–shielded MRI for clinical use in North America, and the first MRI for neonatal use in the United States.
Starting a Lab Facility: An Industry Primer
The scientific research market has grown substantially over the last ten years. With a global pandemic in front of mind, investors are looking at the life science industry now more than ever.
Outdoor Spaces as Conference Areas and Other Uses
How to use outdoor spaces for conference and other activities with social distancing in mind? We can adapt, by moving meetings outside utilizing existing benches, parking lots, and neighborhood open spaces.
Post Pandemic Facades
The facade is one of the most critical components of a building’s envelope design. The highly developed systems that are now available in modern buildings are high performing and can be climatically responsive.
BAM Creative, Twenty Years, Twenty Principles
BAM is turning 20 and we couldn't be more proud. To commemorate our twentieth anniversary, we've gathered a variety of principles covering our founding to today.
The Impact of Economic Shifts on the Workplace Over Time
The context of the workplace environment in the United States has evolved significantly as a result of major economic events.
Rethinking Web Meetings
During the pandemic, webcam meetings have become the new normal. However, whether you were aware of it or not, virtual meetings have already been integrated into our pre-pandemic meeting rooms.
Election 2020
BAM employees will refrain from accepting meetings on Tuesday 11/3. By having a completely open day, people can go to the voting polls whenever it is convenient for them.
Celebrating the Feminine in Architecture and Design
Retracing the journey of four influential women in the architecture and design world.
Morgan Loves Steve (Madden)
From sassy and sophisticated, to funky fun, casual chic, to boldly feminine; Steve Madden inspired my space!
Food and Design / Design and Food
Making art with different dessert ingredients is much like the process of creating a finish palette of assorted materials.
Post-Pandemic: Reimagining the Workplace
Many of us spend more time in the office than in our own homes. That is why over time, there has been so much dedication to designing the perfect work environment that feels comfortable while enhancing productivity.
Work From Home
Build transitions into and out of the work day. Put your work away at the end of the day. Make sure to have a well lit space, which can include ambient light, task light, accent light and natural light.
Free-Address: Workplace Strategies by BAM Creative
Free-address work environments improve employee productivity and satisfaction. Less fixed, private space means many organizations have found their real estate costs are reduced when switching to Activity Based Environments.