by Kristin D. Zeit | Sep 17, 2013 | Trends
It wasn’t that long ago that green design—applied and accepted on a widespread scale—was the next big thing. And it wasn’t long after that that the term “greenwashing” entered the lexicon, as companies offered up vague claims of green/sustainable/energy-conserving...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Sep 13, 2013 | News
Castle Rock Adventist Hospital opened in August 2013 in Castle Rock, Colo., and was designed and built by Orlando, Fla.-based HuntonBrady Architects. Hospital leaders applied their faith-based mission to features such as a large community garden, a locavore-driven...
by Anne DiNardo | Sep 13, 2013 | News
Whether serving in his previous role of executive editor at Wired magazine, as a book author, or in his current position as entrepreneur-in-residence at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Thomas Goetz has maintained a keen focus on the world of healthcare. In...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Sep 12, 2013 | News
Healthcare Design has a number of sister publications, all healthcare related, covering everything from clinical research and practices to the exploding market of healthcare information technology. Since healthcare is at the core of them all, there are common threads...
by Anne DiNardo | Sep 12, 2013 | News
At first mention, the words “concrete” and “affordable elegance” don’t sound like a natural fit for a healthcare setting. But they were put to the test when The Everett Clinic (TEC; Everett, Wash.) embarked on its first Lean project,...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 11, 2013 | News
I’ve seen the future of healthcare facility design and it’s an office. That may be an exaggeration, but the increasing use of wireless technologies and computers by healthcare professionals to diagnose and treat patients requires that we create different...
by Anne DiNardo | Sep 11, 2013 | News
The Tata Medical Centre Cancer Hospital opened in 2011, in Rajarhat, Kolkata, India, but locals tell the design team it looks like the facility has always been there. “It has a sense of place,” says Jayashri Deshmukh, senior associate, Cannon Design...
by Anne DiNardo | Sep 10, 2013 | News
The launch of the iPhone 5S has people talking about all things Apple again. One of the articles that popped up in my Twitter feed titled, “Timeless Branding Lessons From A Young Steve Jobs,” by Drake Baer of Fast Company, caught my attention since...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 10, 2013 | News
Breaking from traditional approaches to hospice care that are often modeled after skilled-nursing settings, AG Architecture Inc. (Wauwatosa, Wis.) worked with Haven Hospice to pursue a new design direction by bringing resident-centered care to the Homer J. Sr. &...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 10, 2013 | News
When NBBJ (Seattle) was hired to design the Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center (CAIHC) in Fairbanks, Alaska, the firm was already familiar with creating healthcare facilities for Alaskan natives, having previously conducted an 18-month cultural study that informed the...
