October 16, 2025For Kevin and Kathy Turner, spiritual care isn’t about overt religious symbols; it’s about creating spaces where people in crisis feel safe, private, and respected. “If a psychiatric facility isn’t addressing spiritual needs, then a key component of care is missing.”
July 7, 2025From personal experiences with mental health facilities to innovative funding solutions, SmithGroup brings a noticeable human perspective to their work. Their latest project for Los Angeles County demonstrates how this approach transforms behavioral health design, one carefully considered detail at a time.
March 7, 2025For HDR architect Brian Giebink, transforming behavioral health design starts with listening to what people say they need and the deeper meaning behind their words.
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August 7, 2024Anosha Zanjani creates behavioral healthcare spaces that are not just functional but truly therapeutic. Learn more about her mission to revolutionize mental healthcare through the built environment.
February 7, 2024Some stigma and misunderstanding still surrounds behavioral healthcare facilities within the architecture field. Stephen Parker advocates for humanizing psychiatric spaces through intentional design choices that promote dignity, starting with patient autonomy and agency.
October 26, 2023We remain committed to learning from and collaborating with our customers and hope they’ll continue relying on our expertise, as well. Together we can achieve something remarkable in behavioral healthcare.
March 28, 2023When it comes to designing facilities for the care of persons with dementia in the U.S., there are no codes, standards, or even robust guidelines to follow. AJ Thomas and his peers at Corgan have set out to create guidelines for inpatient and outpatient dementia-friendly healthcare design.
November 17, 2022Bob Biggio, Boston Medical Center’s Senior Vice President of Facilities & Support Services, discusses BMC’s $300 million campus redesign, as well as its new net-zero inpatient behavioral health facility and its commitment to the community and the environment.
March 21, 2022Mark Spies, a principal at Stengel Hill Architecture, talks about the role architecture and design play in mental health and its positive impact on patients, staff, and designers.
October 8, 2021Two distinct healthcare design trends have appeared over the last year and a half. First is a need for flexible spaces and modular design to better meet communities’ changing requirements, and second is a systems approach to infection prevention. Read on for details and real-life examples!
July 13, 2021HKS Architects associate and project manager Nathan Howell and his colleagues have developed a different spin on the resilient design trend, considering not just the built space but the individual human perspective, as well.
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