The Digital Building Lab (DBL) a College of Design research center that connects industry to research by creating innovative ways to design, build, and operate buildings, cities, and infrastructure.
The DBL is serves as a catalyst for envisioning future work processes and technologies and assists the architectural and building industries in adopting these developments on professional projects. The rapid pace of technology innovation is impacting the built environment with increasing speed.
The research programs in the DBL are organized into four tracks with an emphasis on industry data standards, practice automation, collaboration, and connectivity.