Julie Heiberger, Project Architect • Hoffman, LLC Congratulations to all Citation of Merit winners! The new Eden Meadows campus is the culmination Read More »
Tom McQuillen, AIA, LEED AP, Principal • Lizard Rock Designs, LLC Congratulations to all Citation of Merit winners! Casitas on East Broadway Read More »
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 »
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 »
Collaboration and community involvement are common themes in this year's DESIGN roundtable discussion. Jurors become particularly animated when Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
ATLANTA--A national online survey of practitioners and stakeholders was conducted to compile a multidisciplinary perspective of culture change. Read More »
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 »
Brian Runberg, AIA, Principal • Runberg Architecture Group PLLC Congratulations to all Citation of Merit winners! The evolution of Merrill Gardens Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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—a development model that integrates housing, retail, and amenity services—is not a new concept. But the integration of senior living Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
The Environments for Aging conference is in full swing. I enjoyed both presenting and attending the workshop sessions yesterday. I appreciated the Read More »
In an engaging, informative, and through-provoking opening keynote, Judah L. Ronch, PhD, Professor of Practice, Interim Dean, Erickson School, Read More »
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 »
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 »
I have had the opportunity to attend Environments for Aging the past five years or so. It is by far the most valuable conference I attend during the Read More »
Fifty designers, architects, therapists, and administrators have just toured the Wesley Woods campus. Their forested campus is by far the greatest Read More »
