AIA Design for Health Session  |  Tuesday, May 3, 2022 (6-7 pm EST) Credits: 1 AIA/HSW  Overview: This educational session will provide an overview of the history (past), current focus & challenges (present) related to creating safety and security. Additionally, this session will share... View full entry

Moderator Donna Terzano, AIA, a project manager with RWJ Barnabas health and former AIA CNJ President —  hosted the virtual education event:  “The Architecture of Mental Health – Behavioral Health Design” on Friday, November 19, 2021, from 12:00-1:00 pmOrganized by Erin Sharp-Newton... View full entry

AIA CNJ Behavioral Health Design Video

Lobby Banner (Source: NK Architects + DCC Design Group)Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset is transforming their nationally recognized Eating Disorders Program into a state-of-the-art inpatient unit. EDU Welcome (Source: NK Architects) - Phase 1 Open When complete, the newly... View full entry

“Designing a Healing Mental Health Campus to create an Accessible Continuum of Compassionate Care” Presented at the European Healthcare Congress in London, UK Historically patients with long term mental illness have been warehoused away from the local population. Driven by stigma, lack of... View full entry

NK Architects provided professional architectural services for the Nation's first urgent care center that also caters to those with mental health issues and concerns.   Now in Neptune, nation’s first urgent care offering mental health services BY Raven Santana, CorrespondentSpearheading and... View full entry

NJTV Online

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"Departing from the institutionalized care of the past, architects are designing behavioral health hospitals, clinics, and specialized environments that better reflect the needs of patients and staff." from: www.aia.org/articles/6120749-a-new-era-dawns-in-behavioral-health-desig Photographer: Joe... View full entry

Source: The works of Jeremy Bentham vol. IV, 172-3, 1843 (originally 1791); Referenced also by Hunt-SineBEHAVIORAL HEALTH - STRATEGIC FACILITY DESIGN INNOVATIONS THAT IMPROVE TREATMENT OUTCOMES, SAFETY AND THE BOTTOM LINE  Following is an excerpt from a synopsis written for the Center for Health... View full entry

Invisible Wounds

AUTHOR: Wellcome Library, London, Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ARCHITECTURE FOR MENTAL HEALTH As an advocate for the best design possible for Behavioral Health Architecture, and as a designer who is... View full entry

NK Architects' 2nd Annual Knowledge and Networking Event for Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center was held May 16, 2017 at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park, NJ. Ben Lee, AIA, CFO and Managing Director, Healthcare Practice, NK Architects, and President of the American Institute of... View full entry