Flad Architects

Flad Architects is a Madison, Wisconsin firm founded in 1927 that concentrates on science, healthcare and academic buildings, with a long track record in laboratory and research facility design. Flad is co-designer with BHDP Architecture of the University of Kentucky’s $285 million Agricultural Research Building, a 263,000-square-foot Lexington facility due to complete in November 2026. That project combines wet and dry research laboratories, advanced teaching labs and a rooftop greenhouse complex supporting animal science, entomology, horticulture, plant science, plant pathology and soil science research. The firm works nationally from multiple offices and handles architecture, interiors, planning and laboratory programming for university, health system and life science clients.