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Achieving BIM Nirvana

Posted by Alec Higinbotham on Jul 18, 2017

As Building Information Modeling (BIM) continues to permeate the AECO industry, firms are developing data-rich design models that address both immediate and downstream criteria. Models tend to grow.....READ MORE

Topics: Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Lean in Professional Services: How to Measure What You Can’t See

Posted by Jonathan Bykowski on Jul 10, 2017

Lean is a management philosophy and improvement methodology that is applicable in any organization or industry. Even in the non-transactional, low-volume and high-variation world that is professional.....READ MORE

Topics: Lean, Continuous Improvement

Lab Expansion to Benefit Staff and Patients

Posted by Guest Contributor on Jun 20, 2017

While all of our designs affect healthcare, not all are the typical ‘face’ of healthcare – an emergency department expansion, a new physician’s office or an outpatient surgery center. Some of our.....READ MORE

Topics: Interior Design, hospital laboratory, offsite laboratory

Bright Ideas Incorporate Evidence-Based Design

Posted by Kent Doss on Jun 01, 2017

Featured in Medical Design & Construction, January/February 2017.

While no one would argue against the clinical benefits that the private patient room model yields, it’s worth pausing to analyze the.....READ MORE

Topics: Evidence Based Design (EBD), daylighting, natural light

Supporting Candidates Through the Architectural Experience Program

Posted by Guest Contributor on May 16, 2017

The Architectural Experience Program (AXP), formerly known as the Intern Development Program (IDP), is a program by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards that facilitates.....READ MORE

Topics: Architecture Licensure, AXP

Disrupting Education: Micro-Credential, Nano-Degree, Stackable Degree

Posted by Jonathan Bykowski on May 04, 2017

I recently had the opportunity to represent Array on Philadelphia University’s College of Architecture and the Built Environment Advancement Council. The Council comprises industry members from a.....READ MORE

Topics: education, firm leadership, community outreach

Mind the Gap: Healthcare Architecture Through Practice & Education

Posted by Guest Contributor on Apr 20, 2017

Saturday, April 1st, 2017, Array Architects hosted its first Mind the Gap event at the Herman Miller Showcase Room in Washington, DC. The event’s intention was to introduce design-based students and.....READ MORE

Topics: Healthcare Design, Healthcare Interiors, Mind the Gap, Healthcare Architecture

Four Parts of the Pediatric Inpatient Unit of the Future: Part 2

Posted by Lisa Lipschutz on Apr 19, 2017

As mentioned in Part I of my Pediatric Patient Room of the Future blog, the patient and their families, as well as the potential of rapidly-changing technology, dictates that flexibility in all.....READ MORE

Topics: Pediatrics, Healing Environment, inpatient

Key Factor for Success in Lean Building Design

Posted by Guest Contributor on Mar 27, 2017

It is overwhelming how many books, articles and blogs there are about Lean and Six Sigma. Google “Lean Six Sigma” and there are more than two million results. But I haven’t found anything yet that.....READ MORE

Topics: Lean Design, learned expectations, Value Stream Mapping

Geospatial Healthcare Planning

Posted by Guest Contributor on Mar 22, 2017

Array Architects’ technology division, Array Analytics, an innovative Software as a Service (SaaS) solution provider for the healthcare industry, has partnered with Esri, a global market leader in.....READ MORE

Topics: Geospatial Healthcare Planning, Array Analytics, Esri

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