Shepley Bulfinch

Shepley Bulfinch is a women-led national architecture and design firm that describes itself as celebrating 150 years of practice. The firm operates as a hybrid practice, and its Durham Studio at 300 Blackwell Street, Suite 201, Durham, NC 27701 serves as its base for connecting with teams, partners and communities in North Carolina.

The practice states that it excels in the design of science and technology labs and buildings, pediatric hospitals, academic medical centers, laboratories, libraries, and student life projects. Firm-wide, the practice lists healthcare, science and technology, education, civic spaces and mixed-use developments among the industries and disciplines it works across.

The Durham studio was established through the firm's acquisition of PARC design lab, a boutique architecture firm based in Durham, North Carolina, announced on 16 December 2021. PARC design lab was founded in March 2019 and its clients included Pfizer, Eli Lilly and Longfellow Real Estate Partners. PARC co-founder Jeffery Bottomley joined Shepley Bulfinch as a principal and co-founder John Jarvis joined as a director.

The Durham office expanded the firm to five locations, alongside Boston, Hartford, Houston and Phoenix. Shepley Bulfinch states that it has a long history of designing projects in North Carolina, primarily in higher education, for clients including Duke University, Davidson College, Elon University and UNC Charlotte.