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LED Lighting Tips for Design in Healthcare
LED lighting has been touted as a great way to save energy and a good replacement for the old-fashioned incandescent and halogen lamps. As such, they are being used more and more in healthcare facilities. However, they must be used correctly and there is a proper way to maintain them in order to get the […]
Healthcare Design Magazine’s Take 5 with Laura Poltronieri
Healthcare Design Magazine has a series where they ask leading healthcare design professionals, firms, and owners about things that has gotten their attention and share some ideas on these subjects. They recently spoke to Laura Poltronieri, the founding principal at Poltronieri Tang & Associates (Swarthmore, Pa.). She was named the HCD 10 Architect for her […]
Akron Children’s Hospital’s Kay Jewelers Pavilion
The new Akron Children’s Hospital’s Kay Jewelers Pavilion opened in October of 2014 in Akron, Ohio. This state-of-the-art facility is the first of its kind. The team incorporated both Lean processes and integrated project delivery (IPD) in the construction and design in order to complete the project two months early and save $60 million in […]
Rohnert Park Health Center
In August, the Rohnert Park Health Center opened its doors, only 17 months after construction began. The facility was built to fulfill a need for more healthcare services in the community located 50 miles north of San Francisco, California. The ground floor of the building was already occupied by Kaiser Permanente. The second floor was […]
Q & A with Deborah Adler
The 2015 Healthcare Design Expo & Conference is being held November 14-17, in Washington, D.C. Deborah Adler of Adler Design will present the closing keynote presentation. Anne DiNardo, Senior Editor of Healthcare Design Magazine recently interviewed her in advance of her presentation. The interview is below. To read it and get more information on the […]
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Cancer Center
The Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Cancer Center recently opened its new two-story, 50,000-square-foot facility in Dallas, Texas. This state-of-the-art facility was designed to bring soothing comfort to patients undergoing care for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer-related conditions. There are warm fireplaces, built-in bookcases, lounge seating and views to nature located throughout. Warm woods […]
Healthcare Design Magazine’s Interview with Roger Ulrich
Healthcare Design Magazine recently had an interview with Roger Ulrich, the most widely known researcher in the Evidence Based Design (EBD) world. Ulrich currently lives in Sweden and serves as guest professor of architecture for the Centre for Healthcare Architecture at Chalmers University of Technology. He will be awarded the Changemaker Award at this year’s Healthcare Design […]