by HCD Guest Author | Mar 31, 2008 | News
Denver-based photographic artist Rhonda Grimberg has always had a fondness for the healing qualities of art in healthcare. “My Signature Collections of still life and floral imagery have a soothing quality while having visual strength,” says Grimberg. “These are the...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 31, 2008 | Trends
Primary care and hospital buildings involve a little bit of everything,” says an article in the excellent British magazine Building Design. “Their foyers and public spaces relate to public buildings in general, their consulting rooms to office suites, waiting rooms...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 31, 2008 | News
Within six months of the Parker Adventist Hospital opening in Parker, Colorado, administrators noticed a significant increase in nurse turnover. The reason for the increase: the hospital’s bed units were planned as acuity-adaptable units (figure). They revised...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 31, 2008 | News
When it comes to obtaining a regulatory green light in the rule-filled world of building hospitals, a Building Information Modeling (BIM) approach can make it happen faster and with more clarity. Based on CO Architects’ ongoing experience in a pathbreaking...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 31, 2008 | Trends
Each year as we sit down to look at project submissions for the annual Architectural Showcase issue of HEALTHCARE DESIGN (published every September), I find myself impressed by the overall quality of the design of so many of the projects. It seems like each year the...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 31, 2008 | News
Project Summary ©2006 JIM STEINKAMP, STEINKAMP BALLOGG PHOTOGRAPHY Completed: July 2006 Client: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Architecture: OWP/P, 312.332.9600 General Contractor: Power Construction, 847.214.6330 Total Building Area (sq. ft.): 94,987 (39,533...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 18, 2008 | News
In the following video, Susan Mazer, cofounder ofHealing Healthcare Systems, wraps up her session at Environments for Aging 2008 in Tucson, Arizona. The session focused on hearing impairment and the environment. The take-away message was that designers need to be...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 17, 2008 | News
About 40 EFA attendees and I went on the afternoon tour of Splendido at Rancho Vistoso, a resort-styled retirement community with 246 independent apartments/villas, 36 SNFs, 12 assisted living apartments, and 12 dementia care units. The presenters at the facility...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 16, 2008 | News
We decided to create an EFA-specific blog at www.ltlmagazine.com/BlogEFA. But I will also try to repost any content here on the HCD blog that may be of specific interest to HCD readers.
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 12, 2008 | News
Just sorting out some things today before leaving for Tucson Sunday morning for theEnvironments for Aging conference. I hope to spend the majority of Sunday all by myself—no work, no family, no one I even know—just doing whatever I went, hopefully outdoors! Although...
