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    Mental health concerns need to be a major focus for the design industry in 2023.
    Feb. 8, 2023
    Mental health, designing for the metaverse and, of course, sustainability, will all be keenly in focus for the new year.
    Image by David Wakely
    A puzzle piece sculpture sits in the center of the entry port, a symbol of how important the facility is to the fabric of its neighborhood and lips set in behind it represent the voices of those that kept it alive.
    AnnMarie Martin
    Feb. 7, 2023
    In the wake of a shutdown years prior due to service issues, HMC Architects revived this LA hospital into a facility worthy of its heroic staff and die-hard neighbors.
    Photo by Andrew Rugge/Copyright Perkins Eastman
    Ingleside at Rock Creek in Washington D.C. offers bright amenities with a residential feel that can support intimate conversations and/or separate togetherness amongst staff and residents.
    Feb. 1, 2023
    Perkins Eastman’s Samantha Belfoure and Hillary DeGroff discuss the importance of meaningful spaces that better connect residents and caregivers with their environments.
    Image by Eric Laignel
    Biophilic elements create a calming sanctuary space at the New York Presbyterian Center for Integrative Health.
    AnnMarie Martin
    Jan. 27, 2023
    No more jitters. HOK shows us how to create pediatric healthcare environments that acknowledge and cater to all neurotypes.
    Image courtesy of Carnegie
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    AnnMarie Martin
    Jan. 25, 2023
    This outdoor performance textile contains 85% biobased PE content with yarn sourced from rapidly-renewable sugarcane. For each ton of sugarcane used to produce it, 2.5 tons of...

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    Jan. 24, 2023
    Steelcase Health announced a new partnership with portable partition manufacturer KwickScreen to offer a range of safe, flexible and beautiful screens to mitigate HAIs in medical...
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    Robert Nieminen
    Jan. 23, 2023
    Healthcare design is laden with challenges, but AAHID’s new president, Sandy Goodman, sees opportunities in efficiencies, creative thinking and adopting new models of care.
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    An open space layout at Evermore, a senior living community in Lakeridge, Virginia, contributes to interaction and socialization and resident rooms provide privacy and access to their own accessible bathroom to reduce fall risk and enhance dignity and choice.
    Robert Nieminen
    Jan. 20, 2023
    By focusing on proper space planning, biophilia and thoughtful design solutions, architects and designers can better support occupants in memory care environments.
    Image courtesy of HDR © 2021 Dan Schwalm
    The new 10-story Hubbard Center for Children features a perforated screen with changing lights as Omaha’s Children’s Hospital and Medical Center’s new entry point.
    Omaha’s Hubbard Center for Children features a new 10-story, state-of-the-art hospital with user comfort at the forefront of HDR’s playful, colorful and engaging design.
    Appalachian State student Jon Kannapell's occasional and lap top tables took first place in the Davis Furniture Studio Competition.
    Jan. 16, 2023
    Davis Furniture recently sponsored a ten-week studio competition with Appalachian State University's Department of Applied Design. This Furniture 1 Studio project focused students...
    Image courtesy of Evgeny Moerman; Dreamstime.com
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    Robert Nieminen
    Jan. 11, 2023
    From the city’s healthiest office tower to a hopping new amenity hub, an affordable luxury hotel and more, these five new projects are a breath of fresh air in the Windy City....
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    This furniture storage area became known as the “Furniture Graveyard” at a large metropolitan hospital. The furniture failed less than a year after the opening of a new multistory tower. Replacement costs: in the millions of dollars.
    Dec. 13, 2022
    In part 2 of this three-part series, two case studies reveal important insights into durable coated fabric failures in healthcare environments and what's being done to prevent...
    Image courtesy of Robert Benson Photography
    A large, open game room space anchors the project at the center, surrounded by programmed spaces along the perimeter such as classrooms, a teen lounge, a community room, a gymnasium, performing arts center and an administration wing.
    AnnMarie Martin
    Nov. 16, 2022
    JCJ Architecture creates colorful new Boys & Girls Club center on a tight budget to help reinvest in the organization's mission.