Nestled among high-end homes on a quiet, residential street in Los Altos, California, you’ll find The Terraces at Los Altos. Today, the buildings that house The Terraces at Los Altos’ assisted living, skilled nursing and memory care units fit in with the nice homes that surround them. But renovating American Baptist Homes of the West (ABHOW)’s continuing […]
Location was the name of the game when it came to the development of Balfour at Riverfront Park, the 2015 Senior Housing News Design Award winner for “Best CCRC.” Location is what prompted Balfour’s Founder and CEO Michael Schonbrun in 2005 to purchase the plot of land that would one day house Balfour at Riverfront […]
Strolling through Seattle’s vibrant Capitol Hill neighborhood, you may not notice an assisted living community in your midst — let alone the 2015 Senior Housing News Design Award winner for “Best Assisted Living,” Aegis on Madison. The man behind Aegis on Madison probably wouldn’t mind. In fact, he was thrilled when a FedEx delivery man […]
From reclaimed urban property to blurring the lines between market rate and affordable housing, designers and architects are taking their senior living community plans to new heights. Dozens of communities stacked up in the 2015 Senior Housing News Design Awards, with new construction and renovation projects vying for the titles in each of seven categories: […]
Senior Housing News is pleased to announce the nominees for consideration in the third annual Architecture & Design Awards, sponsored exclusively by senior living furniture provider Kwalu. More than 60 communities nationwide submitted their new construction and renovation projects, each vying for top honors across seven categories: Affordable, Assisted Living, Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), Independent […]
Does your community have what it takes to impress the judges? Now is the time to find out. Friday is the last chance to enter your community in the fourth annual Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards. Nominations are open for the 2015 competition, but don’t wait, because all entries must be submitted by midnight […]
Last Chance to Apply: Midnight on Friday, November 13, 2015 It’s officially crunch time – with only 4 days left to apply for the 2015 Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, exclusively sponsored by Kwalu. Enter your community today to compete with the best in quality, excellence, and cutting-edge design in senior living. We’ve […]
Imagine: You want to go rock climbing, so you grab your gear and head for the nearest senior housing community. And why stop there? Basketball courts and badminton might be offered, too, if senior living providers take gymnasiums to the next level–and this type of ultra-gym might be the ideal amenity, in the opinion of […]
With only 10 days left to apply, time is running out to enter your community in the fourth annual Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, a competition to recognize cutting-edge design, innovation and excellence in senior living. Nominations are now open for the 2015 competition, but hurry—all entries must be submitted by midnight on Friday November […]
When it comes to senior living designs, one of the major problems is pervasive fear of being bold. At least, that’s the take of one prominent figure in the industry, David Dillard of D2 Architecture. Gain insight into these and other trends in architecture and design in this Q&A series leading up to the 2015 Senior […]
