Our practice is built with the work of discovery in mind. In everything we do, we’re driven by a belief in the power of design to advance discovery, community, and opportunity.

The student life buildings on a campus—from residence halls, to dining facilities, and beyond—play a crucial role in supporting student wellbeing and belonging, as well as fostering a campus-wide culture of connection, inclusion, and accessibility. These spaces are where learners discover themselves, find community, and forge relationships that last a lifetime.

Goody Clancy brings deep creativity and expertise to designing student life spaces. We help institutions consider room size, shared space design, and many other factors that matter to students and families in today’s competitive education landscape. We carefully consider the unique aspirations, traditions, and culture of each campus and help schools understand how design can support both institutional objectives and the individual experiences that enable each student to thrive.

See Student Life projects.

Sophisticated, flexible science and technology buildings are essential components of a campus ecosystem. They foster cross-disciplinary connections, enable exciting and consequential research, and attract world class students and faculty.

Goody Clancy has designed, programmed, and planned more than three million square feet of laboratory space in disciplines that include engineering, chemistry, biochemistry, biology, computer science, earth/air/oceanic sciences, physics, anthropology, genetics, and environmental studies. We possess deep experience working with public and private institutions, as well as an affinity for tackling the challenges inherent in technically complex spaces. It’s a combination that makes us an ideal partner for institutions looking to build the next generation of science and technology facilities.

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Today’s complex world needs passionate, principled, and forward-thinking business leaders. Educating those future leaders requires spaces that are purpose-built for the collaboration, exploration, and rigor that define the global economy and modern business education.

We bring decades of experience and specialized expertise to the work of business school design. We work closely with leadership and campus stakeholders to share knowledge about future-facing technologies and pedagogies, understand requirements and goals for a space, and advance the mission and values of the institution of which it is part. This iterative and collaborative process leads to business education spaces that enhance outcomes—in the classroom and in the world—for undergraduate, graduate, and executive students.

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Stewarding our cultural heritage through renewal of existing buildings is an important and meaningful way to build enduring connections between past, present, and future.

At Goody Clancy, we’re continuously exploring new ways to improve, modernize, and elevate existing buildings. Our Regenerative Renewal practice, which focuses on renewal of historic buildings, strategic reuse planning studies, and high-performance retrofits, is committed to identifying strategic and targeted investments that extend service life, improve functionality, reduce operating costs, and increase comfort.

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Ultimately, it’s the teachers and learners driving discovery and advancing scholarship who inspire us to design academic environments that advance knowledge and drive discovery.

Our academic facilities encompass virtually every type of formal learning space—from media-rich classrooms and forward-facing libraries to flexible collaboration spaces and hybrid learning environments. We carefully consider the requirements of a space, and thoughtfully integrate classroom technology that maximizes teaching and learning. The result is a highly diverse portfolio that reflects the full-spectrum of learning styles and needs that characterize today’s education landscape.

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Leveraging our extensive planning experience, and an architectural design portfolio that spans the full campus ecosystem and range of building types, we realize comprehensive master plans that provide a future vision for an institution’s physical evolution and development.

Whether redefining a campus area to accommodate new or evolving programs, or strengthening the neighborhoods and districts adjacent to an institution, our plans create strong, symbiotic relationships between buildings, landscapes, and communities. They also draw a clear line between an institution’s physical campus and its mission, vision, and strategic plan.

See Campus Planning + Research projects.