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Innovative Practices: an Emerging Professional’s Outlook on Firm Culture

Posted by Guest Contributor on Jul 08, 2016

Featured in the Fall 2016 issue of The American Institute of Architecture Students' CRIT Magazine.

During the 2016 AIA Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, I had the opportunity to serve as a..

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Topics: mentor, firm culture

Keep on Swimming: an Artist’s Journey to Public Space Mural Design

Posted by Guest Contributor on Jul 01, 2016

As an artist, photographer and designer for 35+ years, I’ve developed a broad range of creative skills across multiple media for a variety of healthcare, educational, informational, corporate and..

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Topics: Art and Healthcare, Environmental Graphic Design, Kimak Design

The Time is Now for Array Facility Informatics

Posted by Guest Contributor on Jun 17, 2016

Over the past few years, it has become my advanced position that reality can be captured, augmented and made virtual through big data to create a digital mirror of the physical world and maintained..

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Topics: Building Information Modeling (BIM), Building Informatics

New Care Model for Veterans' Outpatient Behavioral Healthcare

Posted by Guest Contributor on May 04, 2016

As a healthcare architect, I am often on-site at hospitals and health centers. Most projects give me the opportunity to get to know the facility’s staff and experience a bit of their day-to-day. One..

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Topics: veterans affairs, Behavioral Health Design

Array Architects Works with Community Groups to Grow the Next Generation

Posted by Guest Contributor on Apr 27, 2016

Array launched a firm-wide community support initiative with employees giving back in their neighborhoods. As healthcare-focused architects and designers, our finished product not only benefits the.....READ MORE

Topics: volunteer, fresh air fund

Environmental Graphics Add Permanent Fixture in Pediatric Rooms

Posted by Guest Contributor on Apr 19, 2016

Assisting with the environmental graphics for NewYork Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in New York City has been one of my most rewarding endeavors at Array. When approached to.....READ MORE

Topics: Environmental Graphic Design, patient board

Work with the Bones: 5 Tips to Redesign Old Buildings for Healthcare

Posted by Guest Contributor on Apr 07, 2016

Some buildings are historic; some are just old

In most of Washington, DC, and certain historic districts in neighboring Virginia and Maryland, many of these older structures can’t be demolished or..

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Topics: Healthcare Construction, old buildings

Flow Improvement Opportunities for an Inefficient Emergency Department

Posted by Guest Contributor on Mar 28, 2016

Emergency medicine is in a state of crisis throughout the country due to overcrowding and ever lengthening wait times. Due to the Affordable Care Act, the demand is only expected to increase as.....READ MORE

Topics: Operations Improvement, Emergency Services

Design Thinking: 3 Techniques for Design Innovation

Posted by Guest Contributor on Mar 23, 2016

Pat Malick, Array's Interior Design Practice Leader, and one of the firm's founders, co-authored this blog with Gray Garmon, a former Array employee who has become a faculty member at Southern...

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Topics: Design Thinking

IPD: Long-Term Consistency Across Teams and Health System Campuses

Posted by Guest Contributor on Mar 17, 2016

The Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) approach joins the owner, architect and contractor into a single collaborative team. Ideally, this approach will optimize project results, increase value to the..

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Topics: Integrated Project Design/Delivery (IPD), Behavioral Health Design

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