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Designing the Building Envelope for an Accelerated IPD Process

Posted by Kent Doss on Sep 04, 2012

This article was co-written by Kent Doss, AIA, NCARB, LEED BD+C, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Jon Sell, a Designer and Planner at Array Architects.

On the heels of our presentation on the.....READ MORE

Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, hospitals, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Advisory Services, Integrated Project Design/Delivery (IPD)

Why I Became a Healthcare Architect

Posted by Guest Contributor on Aug 21, 2012

As for most seniors in high school, deciding which college to attend was one of the hardest life decisions I had to make up to that point.I knew very little about what type of college I wanted to.....READ MORE

Topics: furniture, Architecture, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, Affordable Care Act (ACA), Charity Hospital, hospitals, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare

Workspace Design: Similarities Between Healthcare and Office Environments

Posted by Guest Contributor on Aug 16, 2012

My name is Melissa Carnival, LEED AP ID+C, and in the interest of full disclosure, I am a former employee of Array, having been hired after interning there while attending college. I very much enjoy.....READ MORE

Topics: furniture, Architecture, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, hospitals, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare

How to Get the Most Out of Pebble Project and Planetree Participation

Posted by Guest Contributor on Aug 14, 2012

Being an interior designer with an architectural firm that strictly focuses on healthcare, I have the opportunity to work with several of the leading organizations in healthcare design. As the.....READ MORE

Topics: Architecture, pebble, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, hospitals, Architects, Sustainability, Planetree, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare

Towards a New Healthcare Architecture – Part 3 of 3

Posted by Noah Tolson on Aug 08, 2012

In my first post, I focused on actions that healthcare organizations can take. In my second post, my focus expanded to include other stakeholders in the healthcare debate.In this post regarding.....READ MORE

Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, Affordable Care Act (ACA), hospitals, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Advisory Services

Towards a New Healthcare Architecture – Part 2 of 3

Posted by Noah Tolson on Aug 06, 2012

In my previous post, I focused on actions that healthcare organizations can take. In this post, the focus widens to include other stakeholders in the healthcare debate:

Exceed Expectations:

As we.....READ MORE

Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, Affordable Care Act (ACA), hospitals, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Advisory Services

Towards a New Healthcare Architecture - Part 1 of 3

Posted by Noah Tolson on Aug 02, 2012

It has been just over a month since the Supreme Court deemed The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) constitutionally sound, and I recommend that we stop debating about whether it is.....READ MORE

Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, Affordable Care Act (ACA), hospitals, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Advisory Services

Operational Planning and Continuous Design

Posted by Jonathan Bykowski on Jul 23, 2012

Healthcare facilities can be places of great hope and healing. Through their design they can offer patients, family members and staff access to restorative spaces, nature, respite and community all.....READ MORE

Topics: Architecture, Specialty Architecture, Healthcare Design, renovation, hospitals, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Architects, Healthcare, Integrated Project Design/Delivery (IPD)

Art and Healthcare

Posted by Nicole Wood on Jul 02, 2012

I believe strongly in the healing power of art. I recently had the opportunity to revisit one of Array’s projects that opened back in November. It was incredibly rewarding to hear the hospital’s.....READ MORE

Topics: Architecture, Specialty Architecture, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, Affordable Care Act (ACA), renovation, hospitals, Exterior Design, Architects, Art and Healthcare, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare

Project Planning for Building Information Modeling - Part 1

Posted by Guest Contributor on Jun 29, 2012

The value that BIM can create for project delivery teams and building owners has been the subject of many detailed studies, well written articles and reports over the past few years. Most detail the.....READ MORE

Topics: Planning, Architecture, Healthcare Design, renovation, hospitals, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Integrated Project Design/Delivery (IPD)

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