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Face Time: Bonny Slater

The senior interior designer in the health and wellness practice area at Gensler talks about what led her to healthcare design, her love of nature, and the importance of a strong design concept to help decision-making.

FIRST LOOK: Reach Out Centre For Kids

FIRST LOOK: Reach Out Centre For Kids

The Reach Out Centre for Kids (ROCK) is one of the largest and most vital mental health facilities in the Halton region of Ontario, Canada. Originally built in 1992, ROCK started out serving 400 children per year, but in the last 10 years has seen a drastic rise in...

June/July Online Focus: Green Design

June/July Online Focus: Green Design

While green design has faded from the spotlight it once had years ago, its presence in healthcare projects remains—the fad has evolved to become a baseline expectation for many. And while not all will pursue LEED certification, most projects today boast design...

Workplace Meets Healthcare: Mix & Match

Workplace Meets Healthcare: Mix & Match

Awareness of staff and their space needs is coming to the forefront of healthcare design—and with good reason. Healthcare organizations face a staffing crisis that’s predicted to only get worse, with the United States expected to see a shortage of up to 120,000...

Did Architects Really Ruin Healthcare?

Want to raise the ire of healthcare architects worldwide? Then publish an opinion piece titled “How architects ruined healthcare” on Toronto’s The Globe and Mail newspaper website. Judging from my colleagues’ responses on social media, this piece really hit a nerve...

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