Healthcare Design Does Not Have to be Compromised to Prevent HAIs
Many think that healthcare facilities have to be bland spaces in order to keep people healthy, but that isn’t always the case. In mass media, hospitals and other healthcare facilities are typically depicted as stale, cold environments. All-white design choices...
Calgary Fish Creek Library lauded for design
The Calgary Public Library, Fish Creek branch has been included in American Libraries Magazine’s 2024 Library Design Showcase. This annual feature celebrates new and newly renovated libraries of all types, highlighting examples of innovative library architecture to...
BC Builds announces new projects in Langley, Burnaby
Nearly 1,200 rental homes will soon be available to middle-income residents of Langley and Burnaby through projects financed by BC Builds, a program that leverages underused land and repayable loans for builders at lower rates than offered through banks. Launched in...
Condo designs released for $6B Cloverdale Mall redevelopment
The first phase of a $6-billion shopping mall redevelopment project is launching this fall in Toronto’s west-end. Mattamy Homes and QuadReal Property Group released final designs for The Clove, a 33-storey tower with an adjoining nine-storey mid-rise building, which...
Exploring the cutting edge of neuroscience facility design
Neuroscience facilities serve patients with a wide range of conditions, from cognitive issues like Alzheimer’s to mobility challenges resulting from spinal cord injuries. Patients facing cognitive disorders may feel as though they’re experiencing a space for the very...
Green Airport Projects Included in Over $2B in Infrastructure Grants
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded more than $2 billion in new grants to improve airport infrastructure across the country, including millions of dollars for sustainability projects. Specifically, the funding includes $1.9 billion in grants under...
Ground Broken on New El Paso VA Health Care Center
The healthcare facility is anticipated to be completed in 2028. The design-build team of Clark Construction Group and the SmithGroup + HKS Joint Venture celebrated the groundbreaking of the new El Paso VA Health Care Center in Fort Bliss, Texas. The design-build team...
How to promote wellness through interior design
We spend most of our lives inside, and the spaces we inhabit have the potential to greatly impact our health depending on the kinds of design decisions made. From the air we breathe, to the surfaces on which we rest our bodies, to the sensory connections we...
Making the Case Against Disinfection Overkill in Facilities
Antimicrobial resistance, also known as AMR, is an emerging global health crisis that threatens to undermine decades of medical progress. Defined as the ability of microorganisms like bacteria, viruses, and fungi to resist the effects of drugs that once successfully...
Going all in: Why employee ‘will’ can make or break transformations
Lasting performance improvements that establish a competitive advantage: What organization doesn’t want that? For a company undergoing transformation, cultivating employee “will” to change the way it operates is critical for success. Organizations that focus on...