In an effort to fulfill Arkansas’ and federal goals of providing the next fifty-year public health laboratory facility, Polk Stanley Wilcox partnered with a national lab planner and cooperated with highly focused requirements from agencies including ADH, and Homeland Security in the design of the Public Health Laboratory. The laboratory is functional, flexible, comfortable and healthy while allowing scientific and technical advances to be adaptable for decades to come. The design aesthetic reflects the Modern heritage of the entire Arkansas Department of Health campus.