In this launch workplace-related series, I will examine the purpose of place through the lens of a hybrid workplace and the importance of designing physical environments that rebuild safety and trust for employees. – Monika Avery

The Health Sciences Education Center (HSEC) at the University of Minnesota opened in Summer 2020. At over 150,000-SF of new construction and another 50,000-SF of renovation in the adjacent Phillips Wangensteen Building , it is a massive project that will have a major impact on the connectedness and education of future doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health professionals on the Twin Cities campus. – Karen Parzych

Thanks to the ease of access to healthcare professionals, hospital emergency departments (EDs) have become a primary location where behavioral health patients seek help when their conditions require immediate care. However, EDs are generally designed and operated to treat only a small number of behavioral health patients at a given time. – Scott Hansche & Hannah Roush

I grew up around handsaws and hammers, two-by-fours and plywood, saw dust and the fresh scent of clear pine. Thirty years later, I am an architect and design thinker at SLAM advocating for mass timber structural solutions, in part, because my grandfather was a woodworker, lumberjack, and union carpenter. – Tim Applebee

As an architect working for institutional clients comprised of large groups or committees, I see a resurgence that is much needed, fresh, and human. This trend has nothing to do with PowerPoint, Videos, Webinars or Skype. Quite the opposite.

It’s always a great honor to receive an industry award, but receiving the ASHE Vista Award affirmed that the team’s LEAN approach enabled UMass Memorial Health Care (UMMHC) Executive Leadership to realize their goal to be “The Best Place to Give Care, The Best Place to Get Care.”