by HCD Guest Author | Aug 2, 2010 | News
Designers who have been confined to a hospital bed identify with the concerns of the end user. These concerns are addressed in “Designing for Patient Empowerment: A look at the inpatient room from the patient’s perspective,” available at...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2010 | News
The Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) recognizes more than 150 accredited Interior Design graduate and undergraduate programs in the United States. Accredited architecture programs within the U.S. number more than 120 through the National Architectural...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2010 | News
Photography by Agi Studio Photography by Agi Studio When facility planners and designers think about healthcare accessibility, they often think about providing accessible parking spaces and restrooms; level or ramped building entrances; walkways, waiting areas and...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2010 | News
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed in March will undoubtedly affect every healthcare organization in the country. What it will not change is the fact that positive patient outcomes are still the real bottom line and the ultimate mission of...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2010 | News
The dual themes of this month’s issue-patient room innovation and healthcare reform-highlight the million dollar question on everyone’s mind: “What impact will healthcare reform have on facility design and construction?” It’s been talked about at...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2010 | News
After some months of waiting, anticipating, and hand wrangling, President Obama’s Healthcare Reform Bill was finally passed into law earlier this year, leading all corners of the healthcare industry to finally exhale and get on with the business of making...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2010 | Trends
Project Summary Client: Laguna Honda Hospital Architects: Anshen + Allen; Stantec Architecture Associate Architect, Interior Design: Fougeron Architecture Interior Design: Kai-Yee Woo and Associates Associate Architects: Powell & Partners Architects; Tsang...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2010 | News
As some of you might recall, I made a plea in my March 2010 column for more postoccupancy evaluation stories, making the point that such stories give readers invaluable information on what worked and what didn’t work in a facility, warts and all. As any history...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2010 | News
When the 23-story Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago opens in June 2012, it will demonstrate a unique approach to hospital high-rise design. The urban site presented a particular challenge for the design team with a fairly small building...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2010 | News
One of the fascinations of Architecture is its wedding of aesthetic aspirations with the most mundane practicalities. Architects want their buildings to connect with viewers viscerally and, in the case of healthcare facilities, with healing effect. But users’...
