Architecture
How Ohio University HCOM's Heritage Hall Achieved WELL Certification
Design collaboration and an emphasis on occupant wellness aided in Heritage Hall’s achievement.
4/25/2024
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Making Healthcare Facilities More Like Home
Designing a healthcare facility to be more home-like can benefit a patient’s overall experience.
3/21/2024
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Designing Healthcare Facilities for Rural Communities
The Bitterroot Health-Darby Scripps Clinic is a recent example of designing and building a rural healthcare facility.
3/7/2024
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How Location Data and Analytics are Revolutionizing Site Success
True site success prioritizes important mission and business objectives, such as patient volume and physician utilization.
2/26/2024
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Quality Control in Healthcare Facilities: The Impact of In-House Production Studios
Production studios can help healthcare facilities navigate the digital crossroads.
2/13/2024
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Hospitals to Add Production Studios to Facilities
Production studios are the next step in redefining patient care.
2/6/2024
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Overcoming Design Challenges Through Collaboration
Collaboration efforts are being utilized more to avoid any hiccups during the design process of new facilities.
12/12/2023
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Healthcare Experts Are Integral to Better Hospital Design
Designers have begun collaborating with healthcare experts to create more functional operations.
11/28/2023
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Converting a Bank into a Healthcare Facility
Integrated design firm JZA+D converted the space into a JAG-ONE Physical Therapy facility.
11/2/2023
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Horton Automatics Doors Used in Lancaster General Hospital ER Expansion
The doors will help accommodate the expected influx of patients.
9/27/2023
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Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo Announces Award Winners
There were eight awards in total given out.
9/21/2023
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Do Different Parts of Healthcare Facilities Have Different Acoustic Needs?
Acoustics manufacturers discuss the different needs of the various areas of a healthcare facility.
9/8/2023
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Destigmatizing Senior Living Communities Through Design
From its layout to its amenities, Atria Englewood senior living community focuses on giving residents independence.
8/24/2023
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Building Disaster-Resilient Senior Care Facilities
Adaptability and multipronged approaches are critical to weathering disasters.
8/10/2023
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Building Senior Care Facilities for Harsh Temperatures
Going beyond the building code requirements is key for temperature resilience.
8/4/2023
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Creating Diverse and Inclusive Senior Care Facilities: Designing for Diversity and Community
The older generation is rapidly diversifying and senior care facilities will need to reflect that.
7/14/2023
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Converting Old Buildings to New Hospitals
With limited space available for new buildings, healthcare professionals are now looking at old buildings.
7/11/2023
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Bird-Friendly Building Design: Enhancing Safety and Sustainability
Managers can make decisions related to windows, lighting and green roofs that prevent bird collisions.
6/28/2023
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The Rise of Biophilic Design in Healthcare Facilities
What was seemingly a design trend is now here to stay.
6/20/2023
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Designers Rely on Empathy to Create Sustainable Buildings
Designers are thinking about future generations when building new healthcare facilities.
6/6/2023
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Current Trends in Roofing for Facility Management
A summary of the topics and issues discussed in the recent round of manufacturer roundtables on roofing.
3/3/2023
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Specific Needs of Healthcare Facility Roofing and When to Inspect
Roofing manufacturers discuss the specific needs of healthcare facility roofing and how often to inspect the roofing.
2/17/2023
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Common Issues Facility Managers Face with Hospital Roofing
Roofing manufacturers discuss how to address common problems.
2/10/2023
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TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Hospital Parking Garage Collapses
A rescue box was struck to alert emergency crews of the collapse.
1/25/2023
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How to Incorporate Flexibility within Healthcare Facilities
Josh Domingo discusses how healthcare facilities can better design an environment that allows for a more flexible operation.
5/19/2022
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Future Hospitals: What Will They Look Like?
Coronavirus has exposed issues with current healthcare provision and architecture
12/30/2021
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Trends in Senior Living Communities Spotlight Amenities
With construction of senior living communities on the rise, architects look for design elements that set them apart
11/4/2021
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GSA Lays Out Facility Resilience Guidance
Plan outlines actions that can help healthcare facilities adapt to the impacts of climate change, such as sea-level rise
10/14/2021
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Healthcare Facilities Resilience Topic of New ASHE Report
Resource offers guidance when designing and renovating spaces to address current pandemic and increase future resilience
10/1/2021
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Future Facilities: Lessons from the Pandemic
COVID-19 forced healthcare facilities to make rapid changes to their infrastructure
4/23/2021
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Design and Construction: Lessons from COVID-19
Future facilities to incorporate larger emergency rooms to keep patients more physically distanced
4/20/2021
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California Hospitals Struggle With Seismic Requirements
Hospitals ask state to reconsider requirements written into law more than 20 years ago
4/12/2021
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Hospital Design in the COVID-19 Era
New ideas are being vetted rapidly, such as redesign of physical space and infrastructural updates
3/26/2021
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Adaptive Reuse Brings Clinic to Historic Building
Milwaukee project transforms 1847 firehouse into clinical location
3/4/2021
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Earthquakes, COVID-19 Affect Medical Center Design
To meet California’s seismic standards by 2030, UC Davis Health System to undertake $3.75 billion project
3/3/2021
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Co-locating Cancer Services Improves Patient Satisfaction
Designing for multi-disciplinary approach can be challenging, but improved results are worth the effort
2/22/2021
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Design Decisions for Cutting-Edge Cancer Centers
Multi-disciplinary team approach for cancer care requires right space
2/16/2021
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Hospital Designers Study Lessons from COVID-19
Managers look for ways to futureproof their facilities to meet whatever comes next
2/10/2021
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Designing Hospitals That Foster Healthier Minds
The hospital has seen a host of mold outbreaks since 2005, when it discovered Aspergillus mold in an operating room
1/7/2021
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COVID-19: The Impact on Hospital Design
The new normal includes being able to modify existing facilities to quickly create isolation zones
1/6/2021
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CASE STUDY: UVA Hospital Expansion Emphasizes Well-being
The new space connects patients and staff to the calming effects of nature
1/4/2021
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Designing Telehealth Spaces
Facility managers can help ensure spaces work for virtual visits
12/28/2020
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Eye on ADA: Architect, Senior Living Communities Face Violations
U.S. Justice Department sues firm, owners of 15 facilities over accessibility failures
12/18/2020
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Healthcare Design and the Impact of COVID-19
Some design changes might be temporary, many of these now-makeshift elements will be embedded permanently in designs for the future
12/15/2020
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Strategies for Facility Design in the COVID-19 Era
Research activities like interviews, contextual inquiries and usability tests pose challenges for architects
12/11/2020
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Design Should Balance Infection Control, Quality Of Life And Greater Resident Wellness
Nursing home design should balance infection control, quality of life and greater resident wellness
11/12/2020
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Paint Can Keep Surfaces Below Ambient Temperature
The paint reflects 95.5 percent of solar radiation
11/4/2020
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Creating 'Outdoor' Workspaces
Even without traditional outdoor space, improvements to bring nature to the lobby and other community spaces to give a 'walk in the park' feel
10/16/2020
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What Does the Future of Healthcare Facility Design Look Like?
Changes to the design of a facility can be implemented for a number of reasons, ranging from new equipment, new services or perhaps even downgrading certain departments
10/13/2020
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Covid-19 Could Change Future Hospital Design
New facilities may be designed to accommodate sudden patient surges
10/9/2020
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