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Innovative People, Projects + Products

Innovations 04.08 03.08 02.08 01.08   Connect 05.08 03.08  Green ’07 ’06

Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital                WA
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership

Green Hospital Makes Use of Natural Surroundings

"In designing Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital, a massive new hospital and medical office complex, Zimmer Gun- sul Frasca proved that medical facili- ties can put patients first and yet still be good environmental citizens. This new complex includes a 220-bed, six-story hospital; two four-story me- dical office buildings with a connect- ing atrium; and a seven-story parking structure for 1,464 cars..." more

 

New Healthcare Facilities - Hospital Buildings Can Heal

Hospital buildings can heal according to the first comprehensive report to look at the impact of the physical en- vironment on child patients in health care settings. The report Evidence for Innovation, Transforming Children’s Health through the Physical Environ- ment is produced by the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) in part- nership with the Center for Health Design. Findings from the... more

Orange City Replacement Hospital           IA
HGA Architects and Engineers

 

Personal Hospital in the year 2107

Single Patient Hospitals -
the future?

The hottest trend in today’s hospitals is single-patient rooms. This is a vast improvement over the large wards from a hundred years ago. They might have dozens of patients in one room.But try to imagine a century into the future; dream a little… Why not single-patient Hospitals? more
Projects by HGA Architects and...
AIA Recognizes Derek Parker, FAIA
Turn Medical Waste into Energy
Healthcare Art by Henry Domke

New Product Showcase

   
Ellison
What makes Ellison doors virtually inde- structible is a superstructure created by a continuous frame through the door face.
Certainteed Gypsum
CertainTeed ProRoc(R) Gypsum Board with M2Tech(TM) helps prevent moisture & mold.
Louis Poulsen Lighting
Year after year the combination of ingenuity, experience and innovation results in the award winning designs.
Etchlite Glass Doors
If you’ve seen Illuminated logo on glass, you’ve experience the 3D visual illumi- nated sensation it creates.
MDC
Encore Collection by Alison Aiello: a com- pilation of sophisticated designs setting the standard for contract wallcoverings.
In Style/Pierre Senechal
This contemporary furniture blends high- style with back-to-basics function encom- passing a combination of exotic woods.
SAFTI-FIRST
SuperLite I-XL- a patented breakthrough technology.The first wireless, monolithic safety & fire-rated glazing made in the U.S.
Environmentally Safe Products
ESP LOW-E® Housewrap provides additional R-value to a wall system while also blocking up to 97% of radiant heat.
Schweiss Bi-Fold Doors
Schweiss Bi-Fold Doors leads the bifold door industry in quality, innovation, design, and price. America’s top resource.
Goodwin International
Sophisticated landscape & garden ornaments from around the world: fountains, planters, urns, sculpture, and terra cotta.
MFG Construction Products
MFG maintains the largest cost effective inventory of standard fiberglass reinforced forms or can be made in any shape.
GE Appliances
GE Profile Advantium® and Trivection® technology ovens, the new Smart- Dispense™ dishwashers offer innovation.
Wenger Corp.
Innovative, high-quality solutions for a wide variety of markets: education, art centers, theatres, places of worship & athletics.
Prudential
The energy efficient Pru-15. Using less than one watt per square foot.The smart chouice for lighting classroom spaces.
Accuride International
Accuride expands the full extension family of slides with the 3832 Touch Release and Heavy-Duty Touch Release.

Innovators

Walter Gropius
(1883-1969)

"A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of an authentic democracy"

Walter Gropius was a Ger- man architect and art edu- cator who founded the Bauhaus school of design, which became a dominant force in architecture and the applied arts in the 20th cen- tury. Gropius taught that all design should be functional

Bauhaus              Dessau (1925)
Architects Walter Gropius
and Le Corbusier

as well as pleasing aesthe- tically. The Bauhaus school pioneered a functional, se- verely simple architectural style, featuring the elimina- tion of surface decoration and extensive use of glass. Walter Gropius opposed the Nazi regime and left Ger- many secretly in 1934. Af- ter several years in Eng- land, ... more Gropius Wiki

Emily W. Roebling

Emily W. Roebling
(1843-1903)

"I did nothing but work. I made work my hobby. I guess I was lucky that way."

Emily Warren Roebling was, and still is, considered to be the person who was in charge of the day to day construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Conceived by her father-in-law, John A. Roeb-

ling, the Brooklyn Bridge is one of the largest engineer- ing projects in America’s history. In the late 1800’s, there was no greater cha- llenge than spanning the East River from Brooklyn to New York. So, in 1869, John Roebling began designing the Brooklyn Bridge. Emily became involved in the Brooklyn Bridge project when her father-in-law died and her husband, Washing- ton, took over as master bridge ... more Unexpected New York John Augustus Roebling Brooklyn Bridge

Drawing of Brooklyn Bridge