Designing learning environments to support the future of equitable health care
While the shortage of rural health care practitioners was a concern before the COVID-19 pandemic, the public health crisis has highlighted the importance of health equity in the United States and the desperate need for practitioners help meet the needs of patients in vulnerable rural communities.
SmithGroup | Aug 10, 2021
Retail reset: The future of shopping malls
Developers and design partners are coming together to reimagine how malls can create a new generation of mixed-use opportunities.
SmithGroup | May 17, 2021
Future pandemic preparedness at the medical district scale
The current COVID-19 pandemic highlights the concern that we will see more emergency events in the coming years.
SmithGroup | Jan 25, 2021
Amid pandemic, college students value on-campus experience
All the students we interviewed were glad that they returned to campus in one form or another.
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SmithGroup | Aug 13, 2020
Renewing the healing role of public parks
While we can’t accurately predict all the ways we will respond to the current COVID-19 pandemic, it should provide a moment of reflection as we see all too clearly the consequences of our exploitation and destruction of nature.
SmithGroup | Jul 21, 2020
How design of senior living communities must change after COVID-19
The cost of maintaining high quality of care and high quality of life for senior living communities has increased up to 73% for senior living communities that remain free of COVID-19 and up to 103% for COVID-19 positive senior living communities.
SmithGroup | Jun 12, 2020
How will museums change after COVID-19
This new environment may herald innovative economic models and change the way we think about museum design.
SmithGroup | May 5, 2020
How will COVID-19 change the procurement of professional design services?
We can use this moment as a test-case to build greater flexibility into how we pursue, win and deliver capital projects, better preparing the industry to meet the next disruption.
SmithGroup | Apr 7, 2020
Climate-informed HVAC increases in relative humidity may fight pandemic viruses
Indoor relative humidity is a function of seasonal climate and building HVAC. The range of 40% to 60% RH may reduce contagion and help those who are infected.
SmithGroup | Feb 21, 2020
The decade ahead: Design & health in 2020 and beyond
Access to health and wellness services is a vital part of any conversation about community resilience.
SmithGroup | Jan 14, 2020
The decade ahead: Forecast for design in 2020 and beyond
In order to get a broad perspective on what our future might look like, we recognized that there was no better resource to tap than our team of 1,300 design professionals whose expertise stretches across a wide breadth of disciplines.
SmithGroup | Sep 11, 2019
Designing for the next generation of student life: Part 2
One way universities are helping students broaden their in-person social networks is by encouraging connections between the campus, outside researchers and the surrounding community.
SmithGroup | May 17, 2019
Designing for the next generation of student life
When a prospective student evaluates an institution, they are imagining whether they can see themselves there as an individual.
SmithGroup | Mar 27, 2019
Working to reduce HAIs: How design can support infection control and prevention
For many health systems, seeking ways to mitigate HAIs and protect their patients is a high priority.
