by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | Trends
I recently stumbled across a book in my library, Form Follows Fiasco, by AIA-award–winning architectural critic Peter Blake. Writing during the mid-1970s, Blake discusses “The Fantasy of Purity”—how some of the sleek creations of the International Style, such as Le...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | News
Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire. —William Butler Yeats Since 1966, we have developed, fostered, and nurtured a dynamic, close, and successful relationship between education and practice at Texas A&M University’s College...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | News
With hospitals currently spending billions of dollars annually on new construction and remodeling, it is increasingly important for healthcare industry leaders to view their dollars as an investment that yields measurable results. This applies to the clinical,...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | News
“What? How can you even suggest that we need additional beds! We are only operating at 65% occupancy. The Board will think I'm crazy to even think about increasing our bed capacity, given such a low overall occupancy rate,” says the anonymous...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | News
1 Wood-grain vinyl flooring Naturelife™ heterogeneous sheet vinyl replicates the warmth and appeal of natural hardwood. Available in 25 “embossed in register,” realistic wood grains, it is antimicrobial, antibacterial, and highly resistant to staining. The 4-ply...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | News
Several doctors might visit a patient in the same hospital, and if they recommend different medications without consulting each other, they might waste the patient’s time and money and, worse yet, jeopardize his or her health. A healthcare facility under...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | News
When I was in high school, I enrolled in an art school but, at the last minute decided I wanted to go into medicine instead. Today, as a family practice physician and fine artist, I’ve been lucky enough to combine both of my life’s passions into two...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | News
Project Summary Project Name: Claire Tow Pediatric Day Hospital Architecture: Granary Associates Project Team: John J. Cummiskey, Principal-in-Charge; Mahmoud Mehrabian, AIA, Project Executive; Pierre Trombert, Design Director; James D. May III, Project Architect;...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | News
The goals of many healthcare facility upgrades, expansions, and renovations in the Interior Health Authority of British Columbia, Canada, are much the same as elsewhere: to improve the quality and delivery of care, increase staff recruitment and retention, and...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2005 | Trends
In the healthcare design world, we are living in what a Chinese philosopher once called “interesting times”—and pronounced them a “curse.” There is no question that “interesting times” are characterized by a host of new ideas, of new ways of doing things. And the...
