Ben Garbow Archives

New Color Palette and Space Taxonomy

July 8, 2021

Abby Klima, Alex Zink, Andrew Ringler, Ben Garbow, Tom Simister

PAYETTE’s color palette and space taxonomy for science and research enables us to create beautiful drawings and data visualizations that communicate design ideas and space metrics to clients who rely on our buildings for critical functionality and daily inspiration. [...]

Lab Planning Dashboard

July 2, 2021

Andrew Ringler, Ben Garbow, Tom Simister

The lab planning dashboard allows us to plan and design labs for our clients with a high degree of consistency and specificity. [...]

What We Are Listening To: Favorite Podcasts

September 18, 2020

Ben Garbow, Shreeya Shakya, Stacy Krieg

Architects and designers love a good story. Each Friday in September our staff will be rounding up some of their favorite podcasts. Stacy Krieg, Shreeya Shakya and Ben Garbow [...]

Fingerprints: Product and Process

July 13, 2020

Ben Garbow

The monograph’s 400 diagrams, drawings and photographs reveal the firm’s principles and methods, along with the open-source tools we have developed to enable us to design, not “by the numbers,” but with the numbers. [...]

Inclusive Restroom Design, Part 3: Putting Ideas into Practice

February 28, 2020

Ben Garbow

Once signage and building code are brought up to speed, what does an all-gender restroom look like? Single-occupancy restrooms can [...]

Inclusive Restroom Design, Part 2: Navigating Building Code

February 26, 2020

Ben Garbow

While redesigning restroom signage for all-gender facilities is relatively easy to grasp, building code—the set of rules and standards regulating what can and cannot be built—is a much thornier topic to tackle [...]

Inclusive Restroom Design, Part 1: Gender and Signage

February 24, 2020

Ben Garbow

Part of an architect’s moral imperative is to design space that is inclusive and accessible to everyone, regardless of physical ability or identity [...]

YDC Tour: Mockups and Augmented Reality

October 17, 2019

Ben Garbow

Recently, the our Young Designers Core led a tour of the newly constructed mockup for the new Inpatient Building at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. [...]

What’s on your Desk: Ben Garbow

June 10, 2019

Ben Garbow, Lauren Hickey

With so many different creative minds under one roof, we all organize our work in different ways. I spoke with Ben Garbow, one of PAYETTE’s designers about his work space. [...]

Let the Map Tell the Story

February 27, 2019

Ben Garbow

Though they may seem like objective documentation of the world we live in, maps are never without a point of view and they always have a story to tell. [...]

Payette’s 2018 Holiday Guide for Architects

December 5, 2018

Ben Garbow, Bob Schaeffner

It’s that time of year to find the perfect gift for that special architect or designer in your life! [...]

Ben joined Payette as a Designer in July 2018 after graduating from Northeastern University’s School of Architecture (M.Arch ’18). He was on the in-house design team for Payette’s website relaunch and is now working on the new Community Living Center for the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home.

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