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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Stantec | Apr 6, 2020

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CannonDesign | Apr 3, 2020

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CannonDesign | Apr 1, 2020

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Paladino | Apr 1, 2020

Green cleaning and the coronavirus

If your cleaning teams use bleach to disinfect buildings from Coronavirus, will you put your LEED certification at risk?

Open-plan offices in the age of COVID-19

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Your turn: Has COVID-19 spelled the death knell for open-plan offices?

COVID-19 has designers worrying if open-plan offices are safe for workers.

GBBN | Mar 30, 2020

Learning from covid-19: Campuses are poised to help students be happier

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Gensler | Mar 27, 2020

Designing healthcare for surge capacity

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Stantec | Mar 26, 2020

It’s not if, but when: Designing healthcare spaces that support pandemic response

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NBBJ | Mar 26, 2020

How to convert college dorms to support the coronavirus crisis

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Designing public health laboratories to safeguard researchers during pandemics

As laboratory designers, we want to shed light on a subset of our population critical to protecting us from, and preventing the spread of, severe outbreaks: public health researchers.