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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


Behavioral Healthcare Design Transforms Clinical Outcomes
Studies show space can affect mental health outcomes, from lowering stress to increasing creativity. The Behavioral Healthcare Executive...

NBBJ Consulting
Apr 15, 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


Free Webinar with NBBJ’s Tammy Felker on 3/19!
This week on Thursday, March 19th at 12pm EST/9am PST, you can join this free webinar with NBBJ’s @Tammy Felker! This webinar is courtesy...

NBBJ Consulting
Mar 16, 20201 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


"It is crucial that we send the message that behavioral health patients are valued."
A Conversation with Tammy Felker, Registered Nurse and Architect, NBBJ Editor’s Note: The number of people reporting behavioral health...

Tammy Felker, RN, AIA
Oct 11, 20193 min read


The more we talk about behavioral health, the better the outcomes
A Conversation with Dr. Delaney Ruston, Filmmaker, Speaker and Stanford-Trained Physician Editor’s Note: The number of people reporting...

Tammy Felker, RN, AIA
Oct 10, 20193 min read


Providing integrated care is the most important thing we can do for behavioral health
A Conversation with Dr. Gregory Miller, Chief Medical Officer, Unity Center for Behavioral Health Editor’s Note: The number of people...

Tammy Felker, RN, AIA
Oct 9, 20192 min read


Let's commit more resources to behavioural heatlht
A Conversation with Dr. Curtis Wittmann, Associate Director, Acute Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital Editor’s Note: The number...

Tammy Felker, RN, AIA
Oct 8, 20193 min read


Behavioral health needs space where patients can ‘PASS STORMS AND GLIMPSE A NEW HORIZON’
A Conversation with Dr. Susan Swick, Physician in Chief and Medical Director, Ohana Montage Health Editor’s Note: The number of people...

Tammy Felker, RN, AIA
Oct 7, 20193 min read


Thriving, not just surviving: Solving the Climate Crisis
I had the privilege of joining the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit in New York City earlier this fall. Amongst the many tracks at the...

Peter Alspach
Oct 4, 20192 min read


Five questions about how sustainability improves human well-being here and now
Editor’s Note: This post is adapted from an interview originally published in the Q4 2018 issue of DesignIntelligence Quarterly. What...

Margaret Montgomery
Mar 4, 20192 min read


The Golden Years: Build it and I will Come
Eighteen months ago my mother-in-law’s (Dixie) husband (Don) passed away very unexpectedly. They lived in a three story home in Laguna...

Andrea Rufe
Feb 12, 20196 min read


How Integrated Facility Design Can Transform Your Health Care Organization
We have all heard the phrase transforming health care. Some of us have even personally experienced transformation in care as patients...

NBBJ Consulting
Jan 3, 20196 min read


How New Cancer Treatments and Regulations Will Affect Your Future Facilities
Cancer prevalence is estimated to increase to 26.1 million in the United States by 2040 (Figure 1) along with increases in survivorship....

NBBJ Consulting
Dec 21, 20184 min read
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