Architecture
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
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
Common Issues Facility Managers Face with Hospital Roofing
Roofing manufacturers discuss how to address common problems.
2/10/2023
TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Hospital Parking Garage Collapses
A rescue box was struck to alert emergency crews of the collapse.
1/25/2023
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
Future Hospitals: What Will They Look Like?
Coronavirus has exposed issues with current healthcare provision and architecture
12/30/2021
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
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
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
Future Facilities: Lessons from the Pandemic
COVID-19 forced healthcare facilities to make rapid changes to their infrastructure
4/23/2021
Design and Construction: Lessons from COVID-19
Future facilities to incorporate larger emergency rooms to keep patients more physically distanced
4/20/2021
California Hospitals Struggle With Seismic Requirements
Hospitals ask state to reconsider requirements written into law more than 20 years ago
4/12/2021
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
Adaptive Reuse Brings Clinic to Historic Building
Milwaukee project transforms 1847 firehouse into clinical location
3/4/2021
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
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
Design Decisions for Cutting-Edge Cancer Centers
Multi-disciplinary team approach for cancer care requires right space
2/16/2021
Hospital Designers Study Lessons from COVID-19
Managers look for ways to futureproof their facilities to meet whatever comes next
2/10/2021
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
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
CASE STUDY: UVA Hospital Expansion Emphasizes Well-being
The new space connects patients and staff to the calming effects of nature
1/4/2021
Designing Telehealth Spaces
Facility managers can help ensure spaces work for virtual visits
12/28/2020
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
