DFAR11 Project Spotlight

Gilchrist Hospice Care
Citation Award Recipient
Marks Thomas Architects

Creating a caring environment where dying can occur with the most comfort and dignity possible for both the patient and their loved ones. Families feel welcome in the residential environment with rooms to congregate and spaces to reflect such as the garden and meditation room. View the project profile.

Gilchrist Hospice Care
(c) Tom Terranova

Multiple Inter-Generational Socialization Opportunities (c) Tim Griffith

Moldaw Family Residences at the Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life
Merti Award Recipient
EGA PC Architects

In a sense, the campus was designed to make time for meaningful interactions with notable community input on the possibilities to energize a mix of people and age groups, fulfilling individual and family needs and offering opportunities for mutual discovery. View the project profile.

Features

The Universal Design Bathroom: Where Independence is Preserved

by Gunnar Baldwin

Architects and certified bathroom designers reading this article are familiar with the ADA requirements, so they will not be repeated here. In general, however, the universal design bathroom should not only comply with ADA provisions, but also offer important features that help a person perform all of the tasks needed to use the toilet, take a shower, brush their teeth, and groom themselves independently. Read more.

Center of Activity

By Eurico R. Francisco, AIA

More than the way it looks, more than how well it works, the amazing thing about the City of Grand Prairie’s new adult activity center is that it started out as a much less ambitious proposition. Read more.

Living in a Nursing Home: Lessons Learned

By Evan Carroll, AIA

This past September I had the opportunity to deepen my understanding of spatial design in a unique way. Through an experiential learning program, I lived as a resident in the dementia wing of a nursing home for nine days. Read more.

Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging Launches Research Clearinghouse

by Geralyn Magan

Interested in why older adults choose independent living? Looking for a statistical profile of the market-rate seniors housing industry? Have questions about how new ways of engagement might affect the mental and physical health of older people? You're in luck. All of these resources—and more—are available at the click of a mouse in one central web location called InvestigAge. Read more.

Upcoming Events

MatherLifeways: Café Plus Workshop and "How-To" Manual
Evanston, IL | November 6-7 | Register now

A National Ergonomics Conference and Exposition (ErgoExpo)
Las Vegas, NV | December 4-7 | www.ergoexpo.com

Webinars

Brand Building in the Era of the Empowered Client
Earn 1.5 CEH | Thursday, October 25 | 1-2pm ET | 10-11am PT | Register Now at No Cost

One of the biggest challenges for residential architects today is working with clients who are more empowered than ever - empowered about what designs they like, what products they want, and what they know about your firm before they even sit down to discuss their project. Given this, residential architects can stay one step ahead by managing their web presence to tell their story as efficiently and effectively as possible. A panel of three AIA members will discuss online marketing goals & analytics, how to invest your time online, the benefits and concerns with sharing information online.

What the Supreme Court's Decision Means for Hospital Design and Construction
This webinar will give participants an understanding of the changes in National politics and policy and their impact on hospitals and healthcare systems as it pertains to the AIA's Academy of Architecture for Health members and their clients: what is in store for the designers and operators of hospitals?

Thursday, November 15, 2012 | 2:00 – 3:30 pm Eastern | Earn 1.5 HSW CEH
AIA Member: $ 95.00 | Non Member: $120.00
View full description and learning objectives

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