Year: 2013

Teaching the Next Generation

I’m proud to report that healthcare architecture education in the U.S. is alive and well. Some of it is even

April 9, 2013 2 Comments

It’s not often that one person can make a difference in an industry as large and complex as healthcare. But

April 5, 2013 2 Comments

Have you ever wondered why some people use the term “physical environment” to describe healthcare spaces and others use “built

April 2, 2013 No Comments

I love the saying, “don’t sweat the small stuff,” which was coined by Richard Carlson, Ph.D., in his best selling

March 29, 2013 No Comments

One of my cousins was recently hospitalized with a life-threatening illness. When I went to visit her after she’d woken

March 26, 2013 3 Comments

Did you know that it’s National Patient Safety Awareness Week? This annual education and awareness campaign for healthcare safety is

March 5, 2013 No Comments

Recently, I stumbled across really good white paper by Terry Thurston and Gary Vance at BSA LifeStructures on how the

February 19, 2013 No Comments

An interesting tidbit from a recent survey of more than 5,000 hospital executives is that the interest in green design

February 12, 2013 No Comments

I went to the 34 Annual Interiors Awards breakfast this morning in New York with an attitude about Michael Graves,

January 25, 2013 2 Comments

In case you didn’t know it, yesterday was only the second time in history that Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 22, 2013 No Comments