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May 15, 2012 Janet Brown, Contributing Editor
Hospitals are increasingly looking to architects and designers for their expertise in creating healthier interiors free of known chemical hazards. Tools, resources, and experts can guide healthcare leaders towards safer materials choices.
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May 14, 2012 Julie Kent, B.Arch, EDAC
The Center for Health Design and its volunteer experts have continued to update and enhance the EDAC program over the past three years, and now have developed a new examination form that was released in April.
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May 11, 2012 Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Managing Editor
Choosing the right paint color for your next design project may be easier said than done. Identifying the right shades and saturations for a space requires consideration on a variety of fronts.
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May 9, 2012 Shandi Matambanadzo, Associate Editor
The editorial staff of HEALTHCARE DESIGN reviewed reader-submitted nominations and selected the 2012 Most Innovative Product Designers—those who we felt displayed a flair for the creative and stylish, but with usefulness and ingenuity intact.
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May 7, 2012 Kim Reiss
The $85 million University of Kansas Physicians Medical Office Building includes 300 pieces of original artwork and places as much importance on incorporating those pieces as it does on the doctors' offices.
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May 4, 2012 Gwynneth Anderson
Heightened efficiency plus clean design demands mean today’s architects are making their designs both good-looking and smart. Here's a look at how to make it all come together, from expansion, plans to pre-schematic design, to facility maintenance.
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May 1, 2012 Natalie Symon, IIDA, EDAC, LEED AP BD+C
Many healing gardens put on paper and budgeted for are often value engineered out of a project. But considering the benefits these spaces can have on those who visit them, can healthcare really do without? Read on for IIDA CEUs.
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April 30, 2012 Rosalyn Cama, FASID, EDAC
If you're interested in pursuing new solutions to design, there is a systematic way to approach that process. Here are some methods for how best to discover your innovative spirit.
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April 27, 2012 Shandi Matambanadzo, Associate Editor
In this second of a two-part preview of the session, “Creating Aging-Friendly Green Communities,” taking place Monday, April 30, 2012, at the annual Environments for Aging Conference, the presenters discuss some of the highlights of their presentation.
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April 27, 2012 Todd Hutlock, Editor-in-Chief
The conclusion of an interview with Mara Baum, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, HOK's Sustainable Design Leader for Healthcare. The first in an ongoing series looking at new and emerging roles in healthcare design.
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