The Winds Are Blowing!
Architects' skillset will be our best asset in confronting what will be the most critical challenge to our profession: our changing climate.
Watch Your Step! The Importance of Flooring Selections in Healthcare Spaces
Perhaps the most difficult area to address in healthcare design is flooring selection. Flooring not only covers the widest area of space in an interior environment, but it comes into direct contact with a wide variety of objects ranging from foot traffic, carts and equipment, and maintenance routines.
What Is NFPA 285?
At some point, the fire marshal or the building official will ask, “Does the exterior wall assembly need to comply with NFPA 285?” If you can’t answer this question, you could be in for a rough go of it.
Why Common Spaces Matter as Much as Patient Rooms
Common spaces for visitors, family, and guests don’t demand the same attention as spaces that serve the hospital’s main purpose. However, hospitals also need to think about the impact design has on common spaces and, in turn, families and other visitors.
The Building Blocks of a Successful Project
Marcus Terry, AIA, Project Manager As healthcare design professionals, what are the opportunities to bring value to a project? Knowledge of clinical operations? The ability to design to a budget? The skillset to provide well-detailed and complete construction documents? Certainly, [...]
The Loophole in NFPA 285
Architects are paying more attention to the detailing and materials in the building skin. Your architect needs to understand when NFPA 285 is applicable and exactly what NFPA 285 requires. The most important part of that understanding is the loophole that exists in NFPA 285.
How Do You “Look”?
There’s an architect, interior designer, engineer, construction administrator, and a social worker sitting at a bar. After a while the bartender announces to the group, “Hey, by the way, we just finished renovating the space so I’m asking folks what they think!”
Taking Care of Mom by Taking Care of Her Family
By Erika Hill, Interior Designer Any mother who has taken her family for a vacation in a condo at the beach or a cabin in the woods knows that she is not on vacation. She has merely changed her view for [...]
The Designer’s Hidden Challenge
If we’re lucky enough during our professional careers, a client comes along that understands the value of good design and is an enthusiastic collaborator.
Forget Millennials. The Alphas Are Coming.
In addition to creating aesthetically pleasing and playful environments, designers should look to inspire hope, creativity, and interaction for pediatric patients. To accomplish this, it will be necessary as these forthcoming generations grow to combine medical care with technology for patient engagement.