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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...

Kelly Griffin
Jan 14, 20217 min read


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...

Nate Holland
Dec 18, 20205 min read


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...

NBBJ Consulting
Dec 14, 20201 min read


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...

NBBJ Consulting
Nov 2, 20201 min read


How To Reduce Social Isolation For Healthcare Workers And Patients During The Coronavirus Pandemic
Co-Contributor: Bryan Langlands Read our latest article here featured in Forbes that explains how healthcare facilities can make creative...

Teri Oelrich
Aug 31, 20201 min read


NBBJ's 'Urban Harmony' Web-App Debuts at the 2020 Seattle Design Festival
Urban Harmony Seattle is an app that allows users to create, listen and “view” the sounds of their neighborhood, to create an ever-changing

Pragya Gupta
Aug 12, 20202 min read


The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Boosted Telehealth; Existing Spaces Can Support Virtual Visits
Co-authored with Bryan Langlands As more people use telehealth options during the pandemic, Bryan Langlands and I explain how healthcare...

Teri Oelrich
Jun 8, 20201 min read


Support Your Staff’s Wellbeing During COVID-19 With These Simple Changes to Your Built Environment
The healthcare environment is inherently stressful. Staff are working long shifts, rotating shifts, and are dealing with life and death...

Tammy Felker, RN, AIA
May 21, 20206 min read


Unpacking the Science
The Center for Active Design is authoring a set of guidance documents for the real estate industry as we prepare to reactivate the...

Margaret Montgomery
May 19, 20201 min read


Is Your Real Estate Strategy Prepared For What's Next?
Editor’s Note: This post was co-authored by Jonathan Bahe and Kelly Griffin. Questions to Consider and What to Do If You Don’t Have a...

Kelly Griffin
May 19, 20205 min read


Is Your Post-Coronavirus Workplace Planning Focused on Fear or Growth?
Organizations Should Keep These Three Responses in Mind When Strategizing Their Return to the Workplace by Kelly Griffin Principal,...

Kelly Griffin
May 12, 20205 min read


An Unintended Experiment: How Remote Work Is Changing the Workplace as a Result of the Coronavirus
Weeks into a “stay at home” order, those of us who can work remotely quickly discover the pros and cons of our new routines. Kelly...

NBBJ Consulting
May 11, 20203 min read


Forbes: How Rural Hospitals Can Adapt to the Pandemic
Rural hospitals are not prepared for the pandemic. Here are NBBJ Design's ideas on five design and planning strategies rural hospitals...

Teri Oelrich
Apr 27, 20201 min read


Modern Healthcare: Preparing for the Surge in Coronavirus in Rural and Community Hospitals
We had a conversation with Modern Healthcare about hospital systems that have not yet been hit by a surge in COVID-19 cases, or those...

Teri Oelrich
Apr 21, 20201 min read


Teri Oelrich Speaks to Modern Healthcare About Hospital Surge Capacity
NBBJ's Bryan Langlands,Teri Oelrich and Janet Dugan speak to Modern Healthcare about the COVID-19 pandemic and solutions hospitals could...

NBBJ Consulting
Apr 13, 20201 min read


New York Times: What Will the Workplace Look Like After COVID-19?
The New York Times speaks with NBBJ’s Kelly Griffin on how the pandemic could shift the way we work in office buildings and the...

NBBJ Consulting
Apr 8, 20201 min read


NBBJ Plan for Prefabricated Augmentation of US Army Corps of Engineers A2HC Concept
For more information, email Ryan at rhullinger@nbbj.com.

NBBJ Consulting
Apr 2, 20201 min read


A Day in the Life: The Follies of Working from Home
There was a clip a few years back of Professor Robert Kelly talking live to the BBC from his South Korean home when his two children...

Andrea Rufe
Mar 18, 20202 min read


How to Do Virtual Well: Embracing Telework in the Time of COVID-19
...how to embrace being on a virtual team and using telework applications. Something we all might need to do given social distancing...

Susan Bower
Mar 10, 20205 min read


The Coronavirus: To Build, or Not to Build?
How should healthcare systems across the US react as they develop long-term capital and facility plans?

Chris Vishey
Feb 28, 20204 min read
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