by HCD Guest Author | Jun 3, 2008 | News
A video painting is created by recording footage from a stationary digital camera for an amount of time, anywhere from three minutes to a half an hour or longer, theoretically. The scene can be anything in the real world, as represented in Artscape Gallery’s...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2008 | News
Weight-activated counterbalance chair InSync by highmark brings high design down to earth. An affordable weight-activated counterbalance chair, InSync is easy to use, automatically adjusting to support every user, promoting health and productivity. Circle 50 on Reader...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2008 | News
Administrators at Mills-Peninsula Health Services in Northern California don’t like their odds. They are building a new hospital less than two miles from the San Andreas Fault, where the U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake rivaling that of the 1906 San...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2008 | News
Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, oh my! Designers of hospitals and other medical facilities often must accommodate one, sometimes two, of these disasters into their designs. But all three? No designer had ever faced that hurdle until NBBJ designed a new $190 million...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2008 | News
When internationally renowned artist Leslie Lerner visited The Wellness Community (TWC) in Sarasota, Florida, after his bladder cancer diagnosis, he found many of the resources and support he sought. But while he appreciated the helpful, caring people he met, he also...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2008 | News
A recent report from House Democrats on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform surveyed trauma centers in the country’s top cities and found them all lacking the capability to deal with the aftermath of “predictable surprises” such as terrorist...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2008 | News
Wellspring Medical Center in Woodburn, Oregon, embodies a new concept for healthcare delivery that is designed to encourage and empower people to become and stay healthy. Wellspring’s beautiful new 89,000-square-foot facility is the first comprehensive wellness...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2008 | News
When textile designer Louise Russell first brought her design concepts to New York-based Carnegie Fabrics in 1997, textiles for the healthcare industry were in a rut. Colors were institutional, patterns were simplistic, and fabrics were simply viewed as decoration for...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2008 | News
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Hospital Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Project Summary Casa da Saúde Portugal Client: Sanusquali, SA Architect: RSO Architecture, Braga, Portugal (http://www.rso.com.pt) Total Project Area: 334,558 square meters above ground; 473,845...
by HCD Guest Author | May 31, 2008 | News, Trends
The trials and tribulations of a magazine editor probably don’t rank very high on anyone’s list of must-reads. But this job is no different from anyone else’s—it has its emotional highs, lows, excitements, disappointments, and anticipations. And this...
