As the way memory care operators care for residents grows more sophisticated, so too does how such communities are designed. Design trends within senior housing are evolving to include specific spaces designed for memory care residents, with operators taking a serious step to offer purposeful living spaces for those receiving dementia care. From creating new […]
This article is sponsored by RDL Architects. In this Voices Interview, Senior Housing News sits down with Suzanne Meltzer, Senior Designer at RDL Architects, to talk about the market shift to age-integrated design and its applications in affordable housing. She explains how the desire for connection can be provided through housing, and she also breaks […]
Sothea Cheney, project architect and technology manager with Market Square Architects, has been named a 2022 future leader by Senior Housing News. To become a Future Leader, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be a high-performing employee who is 40-years-old or younger, a passionate worker who knows how to put vision […]
Architects and designers are pushing the envelope of senior living design in an effort to meet the preferences of the incoming baby boomer generation. Though the bulk of the cohort is still years away from reaching average senior living age, companies are preparing now by reimagining the basic senior living community design with efficiency, resident […]
Lantz-Boggio Architects and Interior Designs has announced the addition of five new partners to the award-winning firm, which specializes in designing senior living and care environments. The firm announced in January that David Fik, Jigna Hammers, Dwight Miller, Tyler Depew and Bill Foster have been named partners of Lantz-Boggio Architects, their passion, inspiration and creativity […]
A culture shift is taking place in senior living architecture and design, as firms look to eliminate existing “nursing” elements in favor of new features that foster social engagement and technology advancement. For skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), that might mean eliminating traditional nursing stations to make way for resident engagement and technology, while for other […]
For years, retirement communities have largely operated on a one-size-fits-all model providing hospitality and healthcare services to a wide spectrum of residents, but the boomers are expected to usher in a new era that will impact senior living design and service offerings. “One of the advantages we see with the latest demographic trends is, there […]
Attention, architects, sales directors, and administrators: Senior living companies are hiring, and they might be looking for you. Other open job positions include community relations director, sales coordinator, and account executive, so if you’re interested in any of these roles, check out the Senior Housing News jobs board. The Hollinger Group, Huntington Management, and MWA […]
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected 18 recipients for the its annual Housing Awards. The AIA’s Housing Awards Program, now in its 11th year, was established to recognize the best in housing design and promote the importance of good housing as a necessity of life, a sanctuary for the human spirit and a […]
OCV Architects is planning to team up with The Enterprise Foundation to work on Serviam Gardens — an 8 story 240-unit affordable Senior housing and mixed-use project that will recycle, reuse and redevelop 9 acres of Mount Saint Ursula’s campus in the Bronx. The project also includes adaptive reuse and restoration of an exiting Georgian […]
