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CALL FOR ENTRIES DEADLINE: JULY 2, 2012 Healthcare Environment Awards Competition 2012 To recognize innovative, life-enhancing interior design that contributes to the quality of healthcare RECOGNITION/AWARDS • Winners will be announced at an awards presentation during the 2012 HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference, November 3–6, 2012, in Phoenix. • An award will be presented to each winner. • Winners are required to assemble presentation boards of projects for display at the 2012 HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference. • First-place winners will receive a complimentary registration to the 2012 HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference. • Winners will be featured in the October 2012 issue of Contract magazine, which focuses on healthcare design, and at The Center for Health Design’s web site: healthdesign.org. • Only those that had won or received honorable mention in each category will be notified. JURORS • No official entry form is required. But all entries must also include the project name and location, submittal category, and a brief program statement addressing the goals of the project and how the project improves quality of healthcare delivery (300–500 words). • The design firm name, address, and contact person’s name, e-mail, and phone number must be provided in an envelope at the back of the binder for purposes of anonymity. For student entry: student names, home 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. • Each professional entry must include a $250 entry fee. Student entries have a $25 fee. DEADlINE/ShIppING All submittals must be received by 5:00 p.m. EST on Monday, July 2, 2012. For questions, email Emily Hooper at ehooper@contractdesign.com Make checks payable to Contract magazine. Mail submittals to: Healthcare Environment Awards Competition c/o Contract magazine 770 Broadway 15th Floor New York, NY 10003 Sponsors are not responsible for shipping and receipt of materials or for damage that may occur in transit. Professional entries will not be returned. Student submissions will be returned by request only if submission includes paid postage and packaging. The decision of the judges is final. The judges reserve the right to make no award. AWARD CATEGORIES • Acute (inpatient) Care Facilities • Ambulatory (outpatient) Care Facilities • Long-Term Care/Assisted Living Facilities • Health and Fitness Wellness Facilities • Landscape Design (healing gardens, etc.) • Conceptual Design • Student Design Work 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.). JUDGING CRITERIA PROFESSIONAL ENTRIES: • Visual and graphic images of interior spaces that support an environment capable of improving the quality of healthcare based on sound evidence-based design principles • A demonstrated response to the program statement • A demonstrated partnership between the clients and design professionals • 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 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: • A demonstrated response to the goals mentioned in the project description • Visual and graphic images that support an environment capable of improving the quality of healthcare Each entry will be reviewed by a jury of interior designers and architects with expertise in healthcare design, including one member of the board of The Center for Health Design. The jurors are: Mara Baum, AIA, healthcare sustainable design leader at HOK; Jason Freeland, AIA, ACHA, vice president and director of healthcare design at Heery International; Robin Guenther, FAIA, principal at Perkins+Will and board member of The Center for Health Design; Shannon Kraus, AIA, ACHA, MBA, senior vice president and managing director at HKS Architects. RUlES FOR ENTRy • Professional entries (except for conceptual) must be built and fully operational no sooner than September 1, 2010, and no later than June 1, 2012. Entries must not have been entered in previous Healthcare Environment Awards competitions. • Each entry must be contained within one binder. • Professional entries must include 8-by-10-inch color photographs and at least one floor plan. Conceptual submittals and student entries must include 8-by-10-inch renderings. Sponsored by Contract magazine in association with The Center for Health Design, the 2012 HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference, and The Vendome Group. http://www.healthdesign.org http://www.healthdesign.org

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Contract - May 2012
Contents
Editorial
Industry News
Coming Events
Exhibition: Coverings
Exhibition: Highlights from Salone Internazionale del Mobile
Product Focus: Enlivening the Flexible Office
Product Focus: A Collection to Define 21st Century Herman Miller
NeoCon® Preview
Hospitality’s Influence in Workplace Design
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Campus
Steelcase Office and Work Café
Shlemmer Algaze Associates
Red Bull Amsterdam
THQ
Grey Group Roof Deck
Knoll, East Greenville Headquarters
The Metrics of Distributed Work
Tools: Pinterested, by Design
Exhibition: Hallingdal 65
Designers Select: Office Furniture
Sources
Ad Index
Exhibition: Lasvit Liquidkristal by Ross Lovegrove

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