Design

Senior living and today’s disasters

Maybe it’s just me; I am getting older but I am starting to say things like “I can’t ever remember so many tornados, this much rain and all of these Read More »

Are facility beauty salons going to fade like a bad color job?

For years women visited the beauty salon weekly for a wash and a set. This ritual involved not only beautification but a head massage and Read More »

A Shared Vision

The Design Challenge: To position an aging Austin, Tex., retirement community to capture the growing independent living market, while enabling best Read More »

DESIGN 2011 Merit Winner: Eden Rehabilitation Suites and Eden Green House Homes, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Julie Heiberger, Project Architect • Hoffman, LLC Congratulations to all Citation of Merit winners! The new Eden Meadows campus is the culmination Read More »

DESIGN 2011 Merit Winner: Casitas on East Broadway, Tucson, Arizona

Tom McQuillen, AIA, LEED AP, Principal • Lizard Rock Designs, LLC Congratulations to all Citation of Merit winners! Casitas on East Broadway Read More »

Inspiration is contagious

There's something about being in the company of smart, creative, spirited people that energizes me and inspires me to dream bigger dreams. Read More »

Comfort and joy

Willson Hospice House, Albany, Georgia Ila Burdette, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal Perkins+Will Page 42 When Ila Burdette describes her experience Read More »

Green design for better senior living

2010 FotoGrafix Does it seem like more things are changing than staying the same? New technology brings countless opportunities that were Read More »

Highways or hallways

Webster's Dictionary defines a highway as a “main direct road.” So in healthcare for seniors, the corridors that link resident apartments to Read More »

2011 Roundtable: Collaboration drives design innovation

Collaboration and community involvement are common themes in this year's DESIGN roundtable discussion. Jurors become particularly animated when Read More »

Obstacles and solutions in real-world design

Such innovative and even award-winning design does not come easy. Participants in this year's DESIGN Showcase shared not only their project Read More »

The ah-ha! moment

During the DESIGN 2011 judging, while discussing the submissions with the other reviewers, I began to wonder when those involved in aging-specific Read More »

DESIGN 2011 Merit Winner: Penick Village Garden Cottage, Southern Pines, North Carolina

Alan Moore, AIA, Principal • CJMW Congratulations to all Citation of Merit winners! It was a long process. Alan Moore emphasizes this again and Read More »

Stakeholders surveyed on culture change

ATLANTA--A  national online survey of practitioners and stakeholders was conducted to compile a multidisciplinary perspective of culture change. Read More »

Universal home design supports aging in place

Although most seniors want to stay in their homes and remain independent, their homes' design will present serious challenges, say presenters at the Read More »

DESIGN 2011 Merit Winner: Merrill Gardens at The University, Seattle, Washington

Brian Runberg, AIA, Principal • Runberg Architecture Group PLLC Congratulations to all Citation of Merit winners! The evolution of Merrill Gardens Read More »

Bringing culture change to the regulatory process

I checked into the requisite regulatory session at the EFA conference this morning with a bit of trepidation, thinking it would be a snoozefest and Read More »

EFA at a close: Designers have much to accomplish for our aging population

Inspired. Challenged. Conflicted. Convinced. These are just a few of the emotions I have been experiencing here at Environments for Aging this week. Read More »

Independence, wellness, and choice at Laguna Honda

Colleen Riley, CMO, Laguna Honda Hospital, presented a session this morning at the Environments for Aging 2011 conference on the design and concepts Read More »

ENERGY STAR announces new senior care building category

As of March 20, 2011, senior care communities are now eligible to receive an energy performance score by using EPA’s online energy measurement and Read More »

The longitudinal process of culture change

One could scarcely spend any time at the Environments for Aging 11 conference without encountering the concept of “culture change,” surely one of the Read More »

New Urbanism for senior living appeals to Boomers

New Urbanism—a development model that integrates housing, retail, and amenity services—is not a new concept. But the integration of senior living Read More »

A new paradigm: Aging in place vs ageless

ATLANTA—It makes sense that people want to “age in place” as they grow old. However, with 33% of the population 50+ years of age, that concept needs Read More »

Reinventing the senior apartment

Many senior living environments were built in the 1970s and are looking very tired. To keep pace with the consumer demand for style and liveability, Read More »

Technology’s role in the aging experience

The big question of how best to marry technology to a high-touch/low-tech business was tackled at an Environments for Aging conference roundtable Read More »

DESIGN 2011 Best in Show: Willson Hospice House, Albany, Georgia

Ila Burdette, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal • Perkins+Will Congratulations to this year’s winner of Best in Show! When Ila Burdette describes her Read More »

Andrew Alden on the floor at EFA

The Environments for Aging conference is in full swing. I enjoyed both presenting and attending the workshop sessions yesterday. I appreciated the Read More »

A thought-provoking opening

In an engaging, informative, and through-provoking opening keynote, Judah L. Ronch, PhD, Professor of Practice, Interim Dean, Erickson School, Read More »

Designing the perfect bathroom for elders and other EFA observances

Three quarters of the way through the first full day and I feel like I am trying to get a drink of water from a high pressure fire hose. The depth, Read More »

Youth and wisdom converge at EFA

Senior living designers and architects are an engaging bunch—at least the ones I’ve met at Long-Term Living’s Environments for Aging conference. At Read More »