Architecture
Bringing Hospitality into Healthcare Facilities
By making facilities feel less like institutions, organizations can address issues such as aging populations, housing flexibility and workforce shortages.
5/7/2025
What Modern Architectural Trends Shape Healthcare Facilities Design
The average U.S. building is over 50 years old, but people are expecting more modern design when it comes to their healthcare facility.
3/18/2025
Inside Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital's Modern Transformation
The newly transformed facility was designed to incorporate materials and spaces to benefit patient healing.
2/7/2025
How Architects Shape the Future of Healthcare Facilities
Healthcare architecture is more than just designing and building hospitals.
1/30/2025
Current Trends in Healthcare Architecture
Key trends include balancing flexible spaces with patient comfort and healing.
1/23/2025
Three Questions When Designing Inpatient Behavioral Health Facilities
Effective designs balance safety, comfort and functionality to enhance patient care, family experience and staff efficiency.
9/30/2024
How is Artificial Intelligence Being Used in Healthcare Architecture?
AI presents many potential uses in designing healthcare facilities, though it still requires human oversight.
8/22/2024
What's the Future of Healthcare Facility Architecture?
Staff retention and modular design are two ideas influencing future architectural design concepts, among others.
8/15/2024
Designing for an Enhanced Patient Experience
Ease-of-access, color selections and natural lighting were key to the overall design.
8/8/2024
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
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
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
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
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
Hospitals to Add Production Studios to Facilities
Production studios are the next step in redefining patient care.
2/6/2024
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
Healthcare Experts Are Integral to Better Hospital Design
Designers have begun collaborating with healthcare experts to create more functional operations.
11/28/2023
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
Horton Automatics Doors Used in Lancaster General Hospital ER Expansion
The doors will help accommodate the expected influx of patients.
9/27/2023
Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo Announces Award Winners
There were eight awards in total given out.
9/21/2023
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
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
Building Disaster-Resilient Senior Care Facilities
Adaptability and multipronged approaches are critical to weathering disasters.
8/10/2023
Building Senior Care Facilities for Harsh Temperatures
Going beyond the building code requirements is key for temperature resilience.
8/4/2023
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
Converting Old Buildings to New Hospitals
With limited space available for new buildings, healthcare professionals are now looking at old buildings.
7/11/2023
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
The Rise of Biophilic Design in Healthcare Facilities
What was seemingly a design trend is now here to stay.
6/20/2023
Designers Rely on Empathy to Create Sustainable Buildings
Designers are thinking about future generations when building new healthcare facilities.
6/6/2023
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
