by Anne DiNardo | Jun 27, 2014 | Trends
The stage is set for designers and manufacturers to talk about product content and material disclosure like never before.I recently talked with Brendan Owens, vice president of LEED technical development for the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), about how the LEED...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 26, 2014 | Trends
Can something as simple as a curved doorway or undulating roof line on the exterior of a healthcare facility trigger a fear response in patients?Debajyoti Pati, Rockwell Endowment Professor, Department of Design, Texas Tech University (Lubbock, Texas), and Upali...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jun 25, 2014 | Trends
The design for the new Teck Acute Care Centre at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, strives to deliver a patient- and family-centered healing environment that incorporates evidence-based...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 25, 2014 | Trends
Like many other spaces within hospitals and healthcare facilities, patient bathrooms are being re-evaluated with an eye on comfort, inspiring a wealth of new approaches to design that create a homelike and even hospitality-like environment.But despite these measures,...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 24, 2014 | Trends
During the recent challenging economic period and current era of healthcare reform, U.S. health systems and hospitals have shown limited appetite for large-scale acute care facility development as they reposition their organizations.Consequently, many healthcare...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 23, 2014 | Trends
Last summer, Building Trust International, a Brighton, England-based nonprofit that uses design to address global issues, was constructing a new medical dispensary for a rapidly growing diabetic population in Siem Reap, Cambodia—a project that inspired its...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 20, 2014 | Trends
Healthcare organizations are demanding more information and data in the pre-design stages of projects.While architects and designers have an array of tools at their disposal to help provide that information in a timely manner, Vincent Della Donna, director of...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 20, 2014 | Trends
The Toronto Birth Centre is a pilot project that emerged from a recent initiative to shift non-acute health services out of the hospital setting and into community-based healthcare centers.In Ontario, more than three-quarters of women cared for by midwives have...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jun 19, 2014 | Trends
One of the very first blogs I wrote after joining Healthcare Design in 2010 was on healthcare reform and what it might mean for this industry—a topic that’s remained evergreen over the last few years, to say the least.From anticipation of a U.S. Supreme...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 18, 2014 | Trends
There are hundreds of buildings constructed every year that require mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and technology systems (MEPT). These buildings are designed by architects, the MEPT systems are designed by engineers, and both are built by an assortment of...
