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Healthcare Environment AWARDS COMPETITION 2010 n Award Categories Professional Categories: â€¢ Acute (inpatient) Care Facilities â€¢ Ambulatory (outpatient) Care Facilities â€¢ Long-Term Care/Assisted Living Facilities â€¢ Health and Fitness Facilities (environments in which the primary purpose is to provide healthcare and related services) â€¢ Landscape Design â€¢ Conceptual Design Student Category: Awards will be given for innovative design solutions that enhance the quality of healthcare delivery. Entries can include, but are not limited to, healthcare products (furniture, furnishings, etc.); healthcare settings (patient areas, examination rooms, corridors, etc.); or technology (equipment, systems, etc.). n performance, and increase visitor and community participation? Were higher satisfaction ratings by patients, families, and staff a key design objective? Professional conceptual and student entries: â€¢ A demonstrated response to the goals mentioned in the project description â€¢ Visual and graphic images that support an environment capable of improving the quality of healthcare n Recognition/Awards â€¢ Winners will be announced at an awards presentation during HEALTHCARE DESIGN.10, Nov. 13-16, 2010, in Las Vegas. â€¢ An award will be presented to each winner â€¢ Winners will be required to assemble presentation boards of winning projects for display at HEALTHCARE DESIGN.10 â€¢ First-place winners will receive a complimentary registration to HEALTHCARE DESIGN.10 â€¢ Winners will be published in an upcoming issue of Contract magazine featuring healthcare design â€¢ Winners and honorable mentions will be contacted individually by Aug. 9, 2010. n Judging Criteria Professional entries: To recognize innovative, life-enhancing interior design that contributes to the quality of healthcare n â€¢ Visual and graphic images of interior spaces that support an environment capable of improving the quality of healthcare â€¢ A demonstrated response to the program statement â€¢ A demonstrated partnership between the clients and design professionals â€¢ Client feedback or testimony that the project seeks to improve the quality of healthcare: Does it demonstrate sensitivity to patient needs and seek to improve therapeutic outcomes, enhance staff Judges Judges to be announced will include interior designers and architects with expertise in healthcare design and a member of the board of The Center for Health Design. The competition is sponsored by Contract magazine in association with The Center for Health Design, the HEALTHCARE DESIGN.10, and The Vendome Group. Rules for Entry n Rules for Entry n Rules for Entry Professional Categories: â€¢ Submittals (except for conceptual) must be built and in use by June 1, 2010. Entries also must not be more than two years old or have been entered in previous Healthcare Environment Awards competitions. â€¢ Submittals must be contained within one binder and must include professional 8 x 10 color photographs and at least one floor plan. Conceptual submittals must include color renderings. â€¢ Submittals must also include the project name and location, submittal category, and a brief program statement (300-500 words) â€¢ The design firm name, address, and contact personâ€™s name, e-mail, and phone number must be provided in an envelope at the back of the binder for purposes of anonymity â€¢ Each submittal must include a $250 entry fee Student Category: â€¢ Submittals must be contained within one binder and must include professional quality photographs or renderings â€¢ Submittals must include project type and a brief project description (300-500 words) addressing the goals of the project and how and why the final project improves the quality of healthcare â€¢ Student names, address, and verification of student status in the form of a letter from the school registrar certifying enrollment at the time the project was completed must be provided in an envelope at the back of the binder for purposes of anonymity â€¢ Each student submittal must include a $25 entry fee No OFFICIAL entry form is required All submittals must be received by 5:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. For questions, call 646.654.7336 or visit www.contractdesign.com. Make checks payable to Contract magazine. Mail submittals to: Healthcare Environment Awards Competition c/o Contract magazine 770 Broadway, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10003 Sponsors are not responsible for shipping and receipt of materials or for damage that may occur in transit. Submittals will be returned only at the entrantâ€™s request and return postage must be provided at the time of submission for return. The decision of the judges is final. The judges reserve the right to make no award. http://www.contractdesign.com http://www.contractdesign.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Contract - March 2010

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Contents
Editor’s Note
Introduction
Resources
Perspectives
Essays from the Past:
The Contract Design Dilemma (May 1962)
Space Planning Symposium (July 1963)
Changes in Workplaces Reflect Changes in Task Structure (June 1970)
Women Need Feminine Desks (June 1970)
Name “Interior Designer” Is a Misnomer Because of Broader Duties (August 1970)
Research Reveals Proper Height, Width, Depth of Furniture, from Office Chairs to Library Tables (September 1970)
Astounding Technology Portends Drastic Office Changes in the ’80s (January 1980)
Is the Office Really Necessary? (January 1989)
If You Cut Your Fee, Do You Bleed? (June 1990)
Design: Retrospective
Essays on the Future:
More Happiness, Less Stuff: By Ray C. Anderson
The Social Aspect of Social Responsibility: By John Cary
Leading in the Global Market: By Ross Donaldson
Technology Trends: By Cathryn Barrett
Inadmissible Evidence: By Michael Berens
Practice
Designers Rate: Eight Designers Pick Their Favorite Three Commercial Interiors Products of the Last 50 Years
Ad Index

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