For more than a decade, health care organizations have reinvented themselves as places of healing, health and wellness as opposed to traditional clinical institutions. In that same timeframe, we have recognized the benefits of healthy buildings for not only Colorado communities at large, but for their occupants. – Russ Sedmak

Design Thinkers’ editor, Marie Bonelli, sat down with the Ox Ridge Elementary School project team—Amanda Hastings, interior designer, Jessica Petro, landscape architect, and Amy Samuelson, project manager, to learn more about their unique expertise and inspirations designed to enhance student learning in new and innovative ways.

Witness the teamwork between SLAM + KHS&S + Studio and technology that helped to develop this custom wall solution in 3D, in rapid time. Named The Portal—this sculptural architectural design element is positioned at the heart of a newly opened medical outpatient clinic in Playa Vista, California.

I have been fortunate enough to work on a variety of projects in the SLAM Atlanta sports studio. Many of these projects consist of transforming underused spaces and redesigning them to fit new programs. These projects are unique and complex, requiring careful decisions to ensure a successful design outcome. – Darral Tate

Architects and Interior Designers are constantly pushing themselves to be at the forefront of new ideas and trends in healthy buildings that integrate biophilic design elements – an option that is not a choice today, but a must, as the world and workplace strive to understand and adapt to life amidst a lingering health pandemic. – Kathleen Neama

Philadelphia, PA. – September 9, 2020 – The S/L/A/M Collaborative (SLAM) (formerly CBRE | Heery Design Group), in partnership with Doylestown Health, completed a new $54 million, 100,000-SF three-story addition to Doylestown Hospital, called the Cardiovascular and Critical Care Pavilion, located in Doylestown, PA. The second floor of the Pavilion houses the Center for Heart and Vascular Care (the Center), marking the completion of phase one of a three-phase project.

Before I ventured into the architecture and design world, I worked as an Account Manager for a global advertising agency in NYC. The industry is known to be extremely demanding. I worked long hours, late into the night, but I was fresh out of college and didn’t know any better. I also didn’t know that my workplace environment was not conducive to supporting the demands of our work. – Eleana Lynch

Designing the legal workplace has just become more interesting! Our attorney clients are realizing that it no longer makes sense to hold onto conventional workplace ideas. – Monika Avery

Our team and partner, OPN Architects (OPN), were focused on the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s (UW-M) Academic Affairs Curriculum Enhancement Project and their desire to be national leader in health care and advance the well-being for the people of Wisconsin and beyond. – Mark Rhoades