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Design Center
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Interiors for senior living communities
As seniors age, their mobility, senses and preferences change. They have different challenges with everyday activities like eating and walking. They see, hear and smell things differently and may have strong opinions, especially about their surroundings. Here are designs that answer the challenges of an aging population. Read related article "Interiors for senior living communities." -
Resilient health care design
In a practice known as "resilient design" health care design and construction professionals are developing facilities made to resist a variety of natural or human-induced disasters and to recover quickly afterward. View the related article "Resilient health care design." -
New strategies in ED design
With visits to the emergency department steadily increasing, it is time to consider the role of emergency care within the health system and design the ED as a destination point. Read the related article "New strategies in ED design." -
Building for boomers
Hospitals respond to a generation used to being in control. Read the related article "Boomers put new demands on health care design." -
Decentralized delivery
How technology influences health facility design. Read the related article "Technology and health facility design." -
Forward-focused furnishings
Interior products for technology integration. Read the related article "Forward-focused furnishings." -
Supporting evidence
Researched solutions for health care interiors. Read related article "Supporting evidence." -
Sustainable performance
Hospitals size up the value proposition of going green. Read the related article "Sustainable performance," as well as "Improving energy efficiency in hospitals."
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Behavioral health design
Effective patient spaces for treating mental illness. Read the related article "Behavioral health design."