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# Welcome to our Knowledge Community

## [Northwell Health Zucker Hillside Behavioral Health Video Series](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/zucker-behavioral-health-video-series)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Jan 10, 2014

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Array collaborated closely with clinicians on the design of the new Zucker Hillside Hospital, opened in January 2013. The spatial organization supports each patient’s clinical, emotional and physical..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/zucker-behavioral-health-video-series)

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 Topics: [Architecture](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/architecture), [Evidence Based Design (EBD)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/evidence-based-design-ebd), [Healthcare Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healthcare-design), [Interior Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/interior-design), [Architects](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/architects), [Interior Architecture](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/interior-architecture), [Continuous Improvement](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/continuous-improvement), [Healthcare](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healthcare), [Behavioral Health Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/behavioral-health-design)

## [Creating Flexibility and Durability for Behavioral Health](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/creating-flexibility-and-durability-for-behavioral-health)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Dec 13, 2013

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Published in Behavioral Healthcare, December 2013

For healthcare facility designers, flexibility has become a driving demand.Healthcare leaders find it hard to predict, with the coming changes in..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/creating-flexibility-and-durability-for-behavioral-health)

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 Topics: [Architecture](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/architecture), [Healthcare Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healthcare-design), [Interior Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/interior-design), [Continuous Improvement](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/continuous-improvement), [Healthcare](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healthcare), [Healing Environment](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healing-environment), [Behavioral Health Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/behavioral-health-design)

## [Comforts of Home: Furnishing a Health Care Setting](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/comforts-of-home-furnishing-a-health-care-setting)

 Posted by [Pat Malick](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/pat-malick) on Nov 01, 2013

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Published by Healthcare Construction + Operations, October 2013

In every space people use, furniture is needed and creates an impression. For a space to be functional as well as healing, furniture..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/comforts-of-home-furnishing-a-health-care-setting)

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 Topics: [furniture](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/furniture), [Healthcare Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healthcare-design), [Interior Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/interior-design), [Affordable Care Act (ACA)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/affordable-care-act-aca), [Continuous Improvement](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/continuous-improvement), [Advisory Services](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/advisory-services), [Healing Environment](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healing-environment)

## [The Resource Library Goes Digital](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/the-resource-library-goes-digital)

 Posted by [Nicole Wood](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/nicole-wood) on Jun 10, 2013

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As designers, we have a tendency to hold on to everything “just in case” we need it. The fast paced profession we live in has taught us to always have options on hand. However, it has become..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/the-resource-library-goes-digital)

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 Topics: [digital library](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/digital-library), [Healthcare Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healthcare-design), [Interior Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/interior-design), [Continuous Improvement](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/continuous-improvement)

## [Creating a "Roadmap" for Facility Upgrades](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/creating-a-roadmap-for-facility-upgrades)

 Posted by [Lisa Lipschutz](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/lisa-lipschutz) on May 21, 2013

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I am proud to have spent my career focused on healthcare architecture. Not only does the specialty move me as a planner and designer; it has great relevance in the world today

You can’t read a..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/creating-a-roadmap-for-facility-upgrades)

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 Topics: [Architecture](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/architecture), [Facility Planning](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/facility-planning), [Healthcare Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healthcare-design), [Interior Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/interior-design), [Master Planning](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/master-planning), [roadmap](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/roadmap), [Continuous Improvement](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/continuous-improvement)

## [Adapting for the Future](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/adapting-for-the-future)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on May 07, 2013

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As an architect working for Array, with their focus exclusively on healthcare, I am very interested in how the technological advances in medicine are influencing the design of hospitals. I had the..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/adapting-for-the-future)

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## [Mapping What Matters: an Empathy-Driven Approach to Cancer Care Environments](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/mapping-what-matters-an-empathy-driven-approach-to-cancer-care-environments)

 Posted by [Pat Malick](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/pat-malick) on Apr 29, 2013

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Published by Healthcare Design, August 2014.

As a healthcare interior designer I’ve always seen myself as an **advocate**. I think we bring our best efforts forth to our clients when we can imagine every..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/mapping-what-matters-an-empathy-driven-approach-to-cancer-care-environments)

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 Topics: [Empathy Mapping](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/empathy-mapping), [Architecture](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/architecture), [Evidence Based Design (EBD)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/evidence-based-design-ebd), [Healthcare Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healthcare-design), [Interior Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/interior-design), [Cancer Care](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/cancer-care), [Architects](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/architects), [Continuous Improvement](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/continuous-improvement), [Healthcare](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healthcare), [healing garden](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healing-garden)

## [ACA Reform: Patients have Higher Expectations for Healthcare Settings](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/aca-reform-patients-have-higher-expectations-for-healthcare-settings)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Apr 11, 2013

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***By Kristin Zeit, Editor-in-Chief Healthcare Design***

As more and more patients prefer retail health such as alternative medicine and healing options for their medical treatments, the trend toward fewer..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/aca-reform-patients-have-higher-expectations-for-healthcare-settings)

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 Topics: [Architecture](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/architecture), [Healthcare Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healthcare-design), [Interior Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/interior-design), [Affordable Care Act (ACA)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/affordable-care-act-aca), [hospitals](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/hospitals), [healthcare reform](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healthcare-reform), [Patient Environment](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/patient-environment), [Continuous Improvement](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/continuous-improvement), [Healing Environment](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healing-environment)

## [Custom Millwork for Intuitive & Responsive Healthcare: Pt. 2](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/the-importance-of-custom-millwork-in-an-intuitive-and-responsive-healthcare-environment-pt-2)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Apr 02, 2013

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##### Nurse Station Design

Anyone in the healthcare or the healthcare design industry recognizes the nurse station as one of the most pivotal and complex working environments within a hospital. It may not..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/the-importance-of-custom-millwork-in-an-intuitive-and-responsive-healthcare-environment-pt-2)

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 Topics: [Architecture](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/architecture), [Healthcare Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healthcare-design), [Interior Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/interior-design), [family centered care](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/family-centered-care), [Healthcare Millwork](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healthcare-millwork), [Continuous Improvement](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/continuous-improvement), [Healthcare](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healthcare), [Healing Environment](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healing-environment)

## [Incorporating Feng Shui Design into Healthcare Facilities](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/incorporating-feng-shui-design-into-healthcare-facilities)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Jan 31, 2013

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In recent years, I've seen a dramatic growth in sustainable design and green building practices to reduce the overall impact of the built environment on human health and the natural environment

..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/incorporating-feng-shui-design-into-healthcare-facilities)

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 Topics: [Architecture](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/architecture), [Healthcare Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healthcare-design), [Interior Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/interior-design), [Architects](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/architects), [Continuous Improvement](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/continuous-improvement), [Advisory Services](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/advisory-services)

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