Planning for an overbuild, Part three: Architectural considerations
Expanding a healthcare facility is a complicated undertaking. In my last post, I outlined some of the construction…
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ASID: Wayfinding in healthcare
Effective wayfinding strategies in healthcare settings begin before the patient or visitor arrives at the hospital. With planning…
News September 16Ergonomics for healthier staff
In recent years, a growing number of designers for healthcare environments have started to look more closely at…
News September 15Using BIM: Part one
We regularly receive proposals requesting the use of BIM (Building Informational Modeling). This immediately presents us with two…
News September 15Do all hospitals need resident emergency evacuation vests?
How many facilities need to be equipped with resident emergency evacuation vests? 43.75% – All facilities should be…
News September 13Cultural insights from China's healthcare industry
Several years ago when my husband and I were in Hangzhou, China, to adopt our daughter, we visited…
News September 9B.I.M., Video Games, and Cell Phones
B….I…. M.Sounds simple.Three unassuming letters that represent an electronic program for designing buildings.That’s all it is, yet to…
News September 9A healthy dose of color
For the healthcare design professional, specifying a patient room color palette is a little like color forecasting: specifying…
News September 8Status of your firm in September of 2009
As we enter September of 2009 and the architecture and construction markets continue to fluctuate, our firm is……
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