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Health Guidelines Public Comment Period Open
Deadline: December 15,
2008
The draft 2010 Guidelines for Design and
Construction of Health Care Facilities is available for review and
comment. Visit www.fgiguidelines.org to download the
manuscript and register to submit and review comments.
The Academy Summer Leadership
Conference was held July 17-20, 2008, at the Drake Hotel
in Chicago. Conference report.
2008 AIA National
Healthcare Design Awards
The AIA Academy of Architecture for
Health is proud to announce the recipients of its new AIA
National Healthcare Design Awards program. This award
program showcases the best of healthcare building design and
healthcare design-oriented research.
Healthcare 101: A
resource for emerging professionals and those interested in
pursuing healthcare architecture, including free presentations from
the popular introductory Healthcare 101 Webinar
series!
Herman Miller Intern Scholarship to the AIA
Healthcare fall conference
Graduate Programs in Healthcare
AIA Arthur N. Tuttle Jr. Graduate Fellowship
in Health Facility Planning and Design
Analysis of Departmental Area in
Contemporary Hospitals
Authors: Professor David Allison, AIA, AC and
Associate Professor D. Kirk Hamilton, FAIA, FACHA
This study documents and compares the relationship between
departmental net and departmental gross square footages in five
primary patient care, diagnostic, and treatment departments within
contemporary hospitals, including Emergency, Radiology,
Surgery, Acute Care Inpatient Units, and Intensive Care
Units.
AAH - Allied Organization Events
Dates and locations of major healthcare
conferences and events nationwide. Also, see a list of related links.
National Survey on Critical Issues in Healthcare
Environments
The Coalition for Health Environments Research, part of the Center
for Health Design, is conducting a national survey to identify
critical issues in healthcare environments (ambulatory, acute, and
long-term care). The survey centers on issues that have a bearing
on the physical environment. Its results will identify critical
issues in the healthcare environment, with implications for
facility planning, design, and construction. Your opinion is
important. To thank you for your time, we offer a substantial
discount on one downloadable research report from the center's Web
site. Details follow the survey. Respond to the survey by clicking
on this link.
Research Reports and Papers
Since 1993, The Center for Health Design has been actively engaged
in initiating research to promote the use of evidence-based design
to create healing environments in hospitals, clinics, physician
offices, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities. Click here to find current, relevant
information on pressing issues related to healthcare using
evidence-based design. Browse through white papers, research
reports and summaries, issue papers, and reports from The Coalition
for Health Environments Research.
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The Fourth
Factor Is Now Available!
The Fourth Factor: A Historical Perspective on Architecture and
Medicine is now available through the AIA Bookstore. This
detailed look at the history of healthcare architecture, written by
John Michael Currie, AIA, FRSH and published by the AIA Academy of
Architecture for Health in celebration of the AIA's 150th
anniversary, was made possible through the financial support of
member and allied individuals and firms.
The Fourth Factor is the Academy’s gift to the
profession and to the greater healthcare community, as an extension
of the AIA150 celebration. We plan to distribute this book to
members of Congress and other legislators, healthcare institutions,
medical schools, architecture schools, and other significant
contributors to healthcare delivery in America.
A limited number of copies are available for a retail price of
$39.99 (member price $34.99). If you are interested in purchasing
ten or more copies at the special price of $29.99 each, call the
AIA Bookstore at 800-AIA-3837 (800-242-3837) and choose option 4,
or click here to order.
Memorial Fund Established in Memory of Donald C. Axon,
FAIA, FACHA
The Academy of Architecture for Health Foundation has announced the
founding of the Donald C. Axon, FAIA, Memorial Fund, to support
healthcare architectural education and research activities,
including support of participation in International Union of
Architects (UIA) activities. Pledges and donations should be made
payable to the AAH Foundation, designated for the Axon Fund, and
sent to:
Kurt A. Rockstroh, AIA, ACHA
Steffian Bradley Architects
100 Summer Street, 9th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
617-305-7100
Any questions should be addressed to Georgeann Burns at gburns@rtkl.com.
AIA Featured Podcast: "Relationship
between Design and Healthcare for Patient Healing"
From AIA PodNet: Gordon Chong, FAIA, presents
findings from the research study, “Multi-cultural Influences
on the Design of a Healthcare Setting.” Using integrated
databases of information gathered from over 30,000 patients, they
incorporated techniques from psychology, sociology and neuroscience
to understand how spatial configurations, light, noise, and
temperature can be designed to mitigate stress.
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