by Kristin D. Zeit | Oct 16, 2012 | News
In putting together the article covering IIDA’s Healthcare Interior Design Competition this year, it was difficult not to get choked up. The winners' circle comprised a wellness center for seniors, a cancer-patient infusion clinic, and a children’s...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 15, 2012 | News
The owners of The Summit would prefer that you not refer to it as a “senior center.”In fact, that was the overarching message that Suzi Muszynski, interior designer for Brinkley Sargent Architects of Dallas, received from day one of the project....
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 15, 2012 | News
It’s not what you’d expect to find behind a storefront window, but that’s kind of the point. The Brooklyn Infusion Center, an outpost of New York’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, occupies a shotgun storefront building on the busy...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 12, 2012 | News
Living in Cleveland, I can’t help but be proud to associate myself with a city at the forefront of healthcare delivery.We don’t shy away from calling ourselves the “medical capital,” boasting hundreds of healthcare–related businesses,...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Oct 12, 2012 | News
San Francisco Surgical Arts (SFSA), a new oral and maxillofacial surgical facility in downtown San Francisco, offers routine oral surgical services as well as advanced facial reconstructive and cosmetic surgery. In 2012, SFSA became the first facility of its kind to...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 12, 2012 | News
Scratch the surface of a rural town and chances are the healthcare, employment, and community linchpin is the local hospital. However, a fundamental challenge causing many rural facilities to shut down is the lack of ready cash flow for new equipment, construction...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 12, 2012 | News
The mission behind hospice is both practical and optimistic, and the challenge for any interior designer is to match that mission with a deft touch. For the Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice (BACH) in Sulaibikhat, Kuwait, NBBJ was charged with creating just the...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 11, 2012 | News
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) launched a new contest this year, the Healthcare Interior Design Competition, with the goal of recognizing original, relevant design within the walls of healing environments. And with more than 100 submissions from...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 11, 2012 | Trends
Design to address patient depression and anxiety At the former dialysis center for Logan Regional Hospital in Logan, Utah, I saw patients attached to blood cleansing machines for hours, something they had to do two to three times a week for the rest of their lives, or...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 10, 2012 | News
In case you haven't heard, the World Health Organization has named October 10, 2012, as World Mental Health Day. The day promotes open discussion of mental disorders, as well as prevention, promotion, and treatment services. This year's theme is...
