Kyle Pfeiffer, Salto

Advancing Healthcare: Medical Office Buildings at the Forefront of Access and Safety

This article explores the pivotal shift from traditional hospital settings to Medical Office Buildings (MOBs), focusing on how these facilities enhance patient access. Discover the key drivers of this transformation, including technological advancements, demographic trends, and a growing emphasis on integrated, patient-centered care. Learn how MOBs are not only adapting to modern healthcare demands but are also leveraging modern access control and safety innovations.

Emerging considerations in inclusive design

Design elements that consider a diverse population of users make lives better. When it comes to wayfinding, some factors will remain consistent—including accessibility and legibility.

Using Locking Hardware to Support Code-Compliant Safer School Design

Code-compliant locking hardware is essential to safer school design. The right lock can support access control for improved school safety.

HMC Architects

Tomorrow's classrooms: Designing schools for the digital age

In a world where technology’s rapid pace has reshaped how we live, work, and communicate, it should be no surprise that it’s also changing the PreK-12 education landscape.

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Shower threshold height – a better shower from the ground up!

Getting the right threshold height for your code-compliant shower installation is critical. In this blog post, we will consider how shower and shower-pan threshold heights work and why they are important for successfully meeting accessibility code requirements.

This infographic by Shepley Bulfinch reveals key findings from the firm's study of university and college laboratory buildings.

Shepley Bulfinch | Aug 3, 2017

Today’s university lab building by the numbers

A three-month study of science facilities conducted by Shepley Bulfinch reveals key findings related to space allocation, size, and cost.

DLR Group | Aug 2, 2017

Dynamic white lighting mimics daylighting

By varying an LED luminaire’s color temperature, it is possible to mimic daylighting, to some extent, and the natural circadian rhythms that accompany it, writes DLR Group’s Sean Avery.

Gresham Smith | Aug 2, 2017

8 healthcare design lessons from shadowing a nurse

From the surprising number of “hunting and gathering” trips to the need for quiet spaces for phone calls, interior designer Carolyn Fleetwood Blake shares her takeaways from a day shadowing a nurse.

The new commercial restroom relies on durability and style

Architects and designers should look for well-designed products that can stand up to the daily demands of such frequented spaces.

Are visual ergonomics the new key to project delivery?

An Australian Home Theater Company is out to prove that the easier you can see it, the easier you can sell it.

A rendering of Brunswick's current Headquarters

CannonDesign | Aug 1, 2017

Corporate values as workplace drivers

Connecting personal values to company values is important to millennial workers.

Stantec | Jul 31, 2017

How technology will change senior care

When a family member can no longer be cared for in their current home, they require specialized care that is only available in a long-term care center.

Legat Architects | Jul 28, 2017

Achieve hospitality architecture that impresses – Multigenerational appeal, local connections

Did guests get the experience that they paid for? This question has long haunted hotel operators.

Gensler | Jul 27, 2017

The “New Hybrid” experience: Beyond the mall

Consumers expect more from retailers and brands than ever before.

Five people work together in a PDR office meeting space

PDR | Jul 26, 2017

Meeting space leads to innovation

PDR Principal Larry Lander explains how to design for workplaces where four generations are working together.

Hinge | Jul 25, 2017

What's your employer value proposition?

Hiring and retaining talent is one of the top challenges faced by most professional services firms.

PDR | Jul 25, 2017

Managing workplace change: The three C's to building trust

Building trust takes time and consistency, and is typically much easier to break than build.

Colorful bikes parked on the street in Dallas

CallisonRTKL | Jul 21, 2017

Streets as storytellers: Defining places and connecting people

“In a city the street must be supreme. It is the first institution of the city. The street is a room by agreement, a community room, the walls of which belong to the donors, dedicated to the city for common use.” – Louis Kahn

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