California Dreaming
It only takes one "Yes" Los Angeles has a homelessness problem that will only continue to grow. In 2020, the documented count of people...
Want to reduce your company's carbon footprint? Start with your Headquarters
This post, which is part of a series on how to reduce carbon in the built environment, was co-authored by Tim Johnson and Peter Alspach....
Four Ideas To Improve Hospital Work Environments To Help Combat America’s Nursing Crisis
Hospital design experts Teri Oelrich and Bryan Langlands explore ways to improve the efficiency and experience for nurses in hospital...
From insight to action
Three Ways Design Computation Empowers Better Decision-Making This post was co-authored by Megha Sinha, Nate Holland and Melissa...
GETTING TO ZERO, Rethinking Carbon in the Built Environment
Editor’s Note: As we work with our clients to improve the health of people and the planet, addressing carbon emissions from the built...
Strategies to reduce embodied carbon in the built environment
This post was co-authored by Peter Alspach and Margaret Montgomery Editor’s Note: As we work with our clients to improve the health of...
Creating Psychological Safety through Design
The most important asset of a company is its people. At no time has this been more evident than now, during the great resignation. To be...
What if returning to the office felt like coming home?
Last year, we abandoned our workplaces practically overnight. Now, as companies plan a phased return to the places we left behind, they...
Are Zoom Towns the future of cities?
More than a year after the pandemic caused an abrupt shift to working remotely, offices are starting to reopen. However, in many cases,...
How can rest build creativity, focus, and wellness at work?
Editor’s Note: This is the sixth and final article in a six-part series on five different work modes. The first piece outlined a...
Socializing at Work is About More Than Just Fun and Games
The business benefit of relationships with colleagues and how the design of post-Covid offices can foster valuable connections. Editor’s...
There's a Pandemic Driven Learning Deficit
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth article in a six-part series on five different work modes. The first piece outlined a framework for...
A Healthier Planet Starts with Hospitals
Eleven Strategies to Reduce Energy Use and Increase Wellbeing While hospitals are dedicated to healing, they are some of the most...
Multiple Minds are Better than One
How Density Builds Better Ideas in the Workplace Editor’s Note: This is the third article in a six-part series on five different work...
Nature in the city
This post was co-authored by Jonathan Ward and Margaret Montgomery. As a firm tasked with designing the buildings and cities that shape...
Focus in the Workplace
How to Support Individuals and Teams for Success Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a six-part series on five different work...
Focus in the workplace
Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a six-part series on five different work modes. The first piece outlined a framework for...
Teri Joins the School of Nursing Advisory Board at the University of Washington!
We are pleased to share the good news that the School of Nursing welcomes Teri Oelrich as a new member of their Advisory Board! Teri...
Focus, Collaborate, Learn, Socialize and Rest
How Five Work Modes Can Redefine the Return to the Workplace Editor’s Note: This is the first article in a six-part series that outlines...
Working Together, Apart? Here Is One Way To Work More Effectively.
Written by Samuel Liberant & Nate Holland Have you asked yourself lately: How can we be more effective while working apart in the future...
Innovations in Clinic Design December Webinar: In-Car Care Concept (Join us this Thursday!)
Presenters: Ryan Hullinger, Healthcare Architect Teri Oelrich, Healthcare Clinician The in-car care concept is one of NBBJ Design’s...
Special Congratulations to the Newest NIHD Fellow – NBBJ’s Teri Oelrich!
I’d like to congratulate our colleague Teri Oelrich on her latest achievement, being awarded the designation of Fellow from the Nursing...
AIA Seattle Health Committee Fall Conference Nov 4-6
With a global pandemic, racial injustice, and climate change at the constant forefront of our minds, by now it is clear that we are all...
Tammy Felker Participates in the Behavioral Health Strategic Design Workshop This Week!
On Wednesday, September 23 Tammy will be participating in The Center for Health Design's Behavioral Health Strategic Design Workshop,...