3 questions to ask when designing for social connectionHow comfortable are residents who live in your community? Feeling comfortable and having a sense of belonging help determine how well residents adapt to life there and whether they wish to stay. By blending form and function, you can achieve the most welcoming and secure of senior […]
Continue reading10 essential design approaches to prevent resident falls in senior livingHow effectively does your community protect residents from falls? Physical safety and good health will determine whether residents stay or move. These factors affect the reputation of your entire community. Here, we highlight how to blend form and function to achieve the most welcoming and secure […]
Continue readingForget Kindergarten, This Lesson Starts Even Earlier: Asking Why in ArchitectureEven though adults can spend a lot of time trying to teach a 2-year-old something, there’s such a thing as the lesson of the 2-year-old that’s of the great value … if we’ll only listen. That’s because he or she will never give up asking why. […]
Continue reading10 Ways Good Design Puts Money Back in Your Pocket: Return on Investment ArchitectureWhen I think of my clients who have the greatest success in life, they all have one thing in common: They surround themselves with good advice. Mostly, people want the ablest, most astute professional, not the cheapest. These are not the same […]
Continue readingCounty Critical Access Hospital Wins Facility Analysis and Much MoreAt first, this hospital in rural Nebraska seemed like a bump on a small-town road. This Critical Access Center needed to be updated, expanded and otherwise changed to accommodate the shift from in-patient to outpatient care. However, this county facility lacked funding. That’s why I was […]
Continue reading‘Some like it hot’, some like it cold: A home design for special needsJoyce and Jan are identical twins who can never agree on things like temperature or light. This wouldn’t be so bad except they share a house in Hanover Park, a suburb of Chicago. When these two mature professionals welcomed their aging and […]
Continue readingWhen nasty winter weather hits: How to take care of your home in low temperaturesAt the university where I teach, the pipes froze in the architectural building and wiped out $50,000 worth of equipment. This brings up the important fact that regardless of the design of a building: At some point, the responsibility is handed […]
Continue readingThis article on Family Driven Design was featured on ArchitectNews.com. It’s the story of a young couple with a son and daughter and the “forever home” that would showcase their family history.
Continue readingThis article on Family Driven Design was featured on ArchitectNews.com. It’s the story of a young couple with a son and daughter and the “forever home” that would showcase their family history.
Continue readingForget Kindergarten, This Lesson Starts Even Earlier: Asking Why in ArchitectureEven though adults can spend a lot of time trying to teach a 2-year-old something, there’s such a thing as the lesson of the 2-year-old that’s of the great value … if we’ll only listen. That’s because he or she will never give up asking […]
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