Collaboration and community involvement are common themes in this year's DESIGN roundtable discussion. Jurors become particularly animated when discussing the growing trend of mixed-use communities that are indigenous to their locations and integrate intergenerational...
Such innovative and even award-winning design does not come easy. Participants in this year's DESIGN Showcase shared not only their project successes, but also their most challenging complications and the methods used to overcome them. As you'll see, even a solitary...
Welcome to DESIGN's 2011 Citation of Merit winners' showcase. This year we present five outstanding senior living and long-term care projects that were named “the best of the best” by our panel of 16 esteemed jurors which included interior designers, architects,...
Last week I attended the 2011 ASHE Planning, Design and Construction (PDC) Healthcare Summit, a large annual meeting for healthcare designers, engineers, facilities directors, and administrators. I can only be in one place at one time. With that in mind, it is...
There's something about being in the company of smart, creative, spirited people that energizes me and inspires me to dream bigger dreams and aspire to greater achievements in my own life. I know that sounds corny but it's true. Such was the case when I recently...
During the DESIGN 2011 judging, while discussing the submissions with the other reviewers, I began to wonder when those involved in aging-specific projects get excited. As participants in the ever-changing field of aging, we see numerous projects both during the...
Willson Hospice House, Albany, Georgia Ila Burdette, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal Perkins+Will Page 42 When Ila Burdette describes her experience designing the Willson Hospice House in Albany, Georgia, one is struck by the gravity of the commission she and her team at...
Colleen Riley, CMO, Laguna Honda Hospital, presented a session this morning at the Environments For Aging 2011 conference on the design and concepts behind Laguna Honda, one of the more unique facilities in California, if not the entire country. Laguna Honda Hospital...
The big question of how best to marry technology to a high-touch/low-tech business was tackled at an Environments for Aging conference roundtable moderated by Jon Sanford, M.Arch, director of the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access at the College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology held today in Atlanta. The discussion was lively and sprinkled with concerns, admonitions, and positive outlooks.
Ila Burdette, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal • Perkins+Will Congratulations to this year’s winner of Best in Show! When Ila Burdette describes her experience designing the Willson Hospice House in Albany, Georgia, one is struck by the gravity of the commission she and...
Although most seniors want to stay in their homes and remain independent, their homes' design will present serious challenges, say presenters at the Environment for Aging conference held in Atlanta this week. This translates to opportunities for architects, interior...
It makes sense that people want to “age in place” as they grow old. However, with 33% of the population 50+ years of age, that concept needs to be redefined. Helen Foster, Foster Strategy, LLC; Mitch Brown, Kisco SeniorLiving; and Brian Dawson, AIA, LEED AP, Irwin...
