Perkins+Will explains why critical access hospital design is specific and unique to each region
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The 2012 Designer of the Year honorees describe their increased reach, scope, and activities in the year since receiving the award
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A 4,000-year-old Chinese principle holds water with today's healthcare design practices
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A new oncology center in the Northwest affords a combination of services that support cross-disciplinary collaboration in a physical environment that aids healing
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The healthcare design and construction industry sees a shift to ambulatory care centers, community health clinics, and medical office buildings to accommodate new healthcare delivery models and legislation
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An expert in retail environments examines emerging technologies that will have a direct impact on how we design spaces
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The American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA) Next Practices Committee explores how potential changes in healthcare delivery will impact healthcare design
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The design of healthcare facilities and the delivery of care are being transformed by technological innovations
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In addition to engaging traditional measures such as energy efficiency, daylighting, and use of healthy materials, sustainability will include a holistic and experientially based design approach
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A state-of-the-art rehabilitation hospital in Boston alters the role of healthcare within civic architecture
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Diane Hoskins, FAIA, executive director and southeast regional managing principal at Gensler, speaks to the firm's latest professional development program
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An architect with an American firm shares his insight and personal lessons on international practice
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Two oncology healthcare professionals provide a better understanding of design for improved patient experience
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A new pharmaceutical company's headquarters supports state of the art research and development, improving outcomes and lives, and strategic partnerships for a global reach
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One designer examines ways workplace design can positively impact the health of its occupants
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Design and health thought-leaders from around the world share insights on application-based methodology
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Lauren Rottet, founder of Rottet Studios, connects corporate spaces to hotels
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Knoll study points to an emerging work model
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Numbers indicate the recession’s sharp impact
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Cultural differences in the Middle East inform design preferences in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Randy Fiser began as the new executive vice president and chief executive officer in February, succeeding Michael Alin who served in the role for more than 20 years
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A Perkins + Will designer imagines the possibilities in healthcare delivery with a few department reconfigurations for greater efficiency
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Differences in healthcare design such as spacial allocation were found during collaboration on several projects in the U.K. for a U.S. health system client
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Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital's Willson Hospice exemplifies the holistic model of well being in Georgia
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Local students get real world experience with The University Health System in San Antonio, Texas
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Perkins+Will designers discuss healthcare from the patient's perspective when one of their own shares a personal experience
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The leaders at Perkins+Will discuss in this month’s exclusive online column how these types of collaborative projects can result in a more rewarding experience and end product
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Joan Blumenfeld, interior design leader for Perkins+Will’s New York office, speaks about the challenges in coordinating design teams on an international level
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A retail design expert points to smaller floorplates and sustainable design as significant trends for chains
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The leaders at Perkins+Will share in this month’s online column their best strategies for taking the intimidating Evidence-Based Design Accreditation Certification exam
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Scenario planning provides multiple options for avoiding dead-ends and enables firms to achieve a new equilibrium when thrown off track
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Greening your practice is an ongoing process of evaluation and refinement, rather than a one-time action
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An international group of interior designers and architects makes history in New York with the first global declaration establishing the importance of the interiors profession to the built environment
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The historic event and declaration signing establishes importance of the interiors profession
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As we look ahead to 2011, we see a more consistent warming of the market, with erratic economic growth on the foreseeable horizon
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Institutionalizing product design at HOK
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A powerful Web site can reach out dynamically, effectively, and entertainingly so the world can reach back
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As the commercial furnishings industry has matured, so have those traditional methods of obtaining product information.
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The future of our design disciplines and service philosophies should bring a demand for increased ingenuity in design, flexibility, durability, and longevity in our buildings.
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Architects and "Design through Dialogue: A Guide for Clients and Architects" authors Teresa von Sommaruga Howard and Karen Franck share some of their practical A&D business advice.
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If there ever was “business as usual” in the interior design industry, it is no more.
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IIDA roundtable discussion focuses on the shifts in business practice among design firms, with the underlying theme of “change.”
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New technology introductions, and collaboration with Contract magazine, aim to enhance NeoCon® 2010 attendee experience
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How can you navigate coding and permit snafus?
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The annual industry expo is poised to be the most comprehensive yet. What can attendees expect?
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Design specialists are uniquely positioned to help navigate the process of change in the workplace
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Current AIA president George Miller shares his views on the Great Recession, the economic potential of green job creation, and how architects and firms can get involved.
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The interior designer today is concerned not only with determining furniture, furnishings, colors, materials, and finishes, but also with organizing and predicting basic concepts of work organization and traffic flow for large corporate or institutional entities.
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Author of the recently released The Profitable Architect speaks about the ways in which architects can promote their own style and optimize profit.
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From June 1990: Architects and interior designers would have much more to gain by
educating society about the true value of design in our lives.
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Research has become a hot topic lately in interior design especially in the arenas of sustainability,
healthcare, and workplace environments.
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Sustainable building practices come with the related burden of myriad legal issues for architects, interior designers, and their clients to consider.
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As the economy recovers, the good news is that demand for sustainable
design and products in the interiors markets will accelerate even more.
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As alliances and collaborations combine with more frequency, and technological possibilities accelerate, how designers work and what the profession will look like will change profoundly.
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From smartphones to Google, technology is changing the way designers approach the very practice of design.
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After a devastating year of layoffs, furloughs, and closures, businesses
are repositioning for the post-great recession economy. What will this
new economic landscape look like?
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More happiness, less stuff. It’s the conclusion I’ve been drawing lately on the speaking circuit, as I describe my reworking of a famous equation by Paul and Anne Ehrlich from their book The Population Bomb—the environmental impact equation.
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This article addresses itself to a dilemma facing the contract and interior design field and particularly as it affects the final client—the business firm or corporation. The dilemma is not of anyone’s particular making but it causes serious enough headache to warrant attention and, it is hoped, clarification.
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At this fateful juncture in our social and economic history, when everything from personal values to business processes is up for reevaluation, there is renewed talk of the potential for design thinking to chart a more enlightened future for corporate America and beyond.
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Contract magazine presents a look at the evolution of design over the last half decade in celebration of its 50th anniversary.
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Designers may be split on their journalistic preferences but are in agreement that online mediums must now play a daily role in their search for real-time information and news.
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Why aren't A&E firms using patents to protect their work?
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In our 50th year of publication, Contract proudly presents the winners of the 31st Annual Interiors Awards Competition.
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Increasingly more corporate clients are seeking workplaces that are not only
pretty and functional but are true branded environments
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What makes design firms team up?
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The commercial real estate (CRE) services industry recently has transformed
itself, adapting to the competitive needs of corporate clients that are
globalizing and consolidating while implementing dramatic cost containment
measures.
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