Annual Facility Design Competition

Pima County's Crisis Response Center: beautiful, and functional, too

July 12, 2012     Dennis Grantham, Editor-in-Chief
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In August, fast-growing Pima County, Arizona opened a striking new Crisis Response Center in Tucson. It's a beautiful and highly functional new hub for the region's crisis care system.

2012 Design Showcase

May 15, 2012     Dennis Grantham, Editor-in-Chief
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Four projects in the 2012 Behavioral Healthcare Design for Health and Human Services Showcase earned special recognition from our judges. But all 12 were selected on their merits from a wider field of entries based on the scores and opinions of the judges.

WestBridge South: New look, same mission

May 15, 2012     Dennis Grantham Editor-In-Chief
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Developed on a 10-acre campus that includes residence, administrative, and recreational facilities, the $6.2 million WestBridge South facility opened in March 2012 in Brooksville, Fla., a small city that’s about 60 miles west of Orlando and 40 miles north of Tampa.

The magic of design

May 1, 2012    
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The complexity and expense of design “magic” is nothing new to the participants and judges of this year's Design for Health and Human Services Showcase.

Design trends for behavioral healthcare facilities

April 18, 2012     Gayle Anthony, EDAC, LEED AP
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Recently I was asked to join a team of jurors for Behavioral Healthcare's 2012 Design for Health and Human Services Showcase—an offer that I was honored to accept.

Hope for the future of facility design

April 11, 2012     James M. Hunt, AIA
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I recently had the privilege of serving as a judge for Behavioral Healthcare's 2012 Design for Health and Human Services Showcase. This was my first time doing this and it was a very exciting experience.

Are you effectively using the space you have?

March 20, 2012     Gayle Anthony, EDAC, LEED AP
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By implementing “lean” priniciples and evidence-based design (EBD), behavioral health organizations can provide therapeutic, healing environments and reduce medical errors by streamlining staff workflow, as well as improve patient outcomes and reduce operating costs by standardizing their supply chain.

2011 Design Showcase

May 26, 2011     Compiled by BH staff
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For the third year, Behavioral Healthcare invited design firms and provider organizations to submit innovative building projects for review in our annual Design for Health and Human Services Showcase.

Design Showcase (opens as PDF in a new window)

May 24, 2010    
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Award winning designs for behavioral health facilities across teh United States

Back to old roots with a new facility

May 1, 2010     Lindsay Barba, Associate Editor
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CAMH's new CEO has a two-fold vision for the cutting-edge research and treatment facility

Built to look good, built to last

May 1, 2010     Dennis Grantham, Senior Editor
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High-quality institutional furniture is an important investment for any behavioral health facil-ity. According to experts, institutional furniture

LEED: It's just good design

May 1, 2010     Lindsay Barba, Associate Editor
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The Herrington Recovery Center utilizes green and sustainable elements to promote overall healing

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