2024-05-03T16:19:02-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149971973/golden-gate-bridge-needs-additional-124m-to-build-suicide-barrier Julia Ingalls 2016-10-04T14:09:00-04:00 >2018-11-29T13:46:03-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/is/isju0km8d8b1l25y.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Roughly 25 people each year jump to their deaths from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, which prompted city leaders to authorize a plan to erect a kind of&nbsp;<a href="http://Architects%20constitute%20the%20fifth%20most%20likely%20profession%20to%20commit%20suicide" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">suicide</a>-prevention stainless steel cable netting twenty feet below the bridge's deck. The netting, which is painted gray to blend in with the water below, has worked wonders on other suicide-prone perches, including the Prince Edward Viaduct. As <a href="http://www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/golden-gate-bridge-scramble-ex7tra-ca7sh-inst7all/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Global Construction Review</a> reports, the problem for the Golden Gate is that the bids for the construction have come in about $100 million more than the city anticipated (plus a +/- $20 million contingency fund). The project is on hold until January 9th to allow the city to hustle up the additional funding.</p><p>Other notable San Francisco design news:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149961306/luxury-condos-sink-in-san-francisco-s-millennium-tower" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luxury condos sink in San Francisco's Millennium Tower</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149941589/san-francisco-to-mandate-solar-panels-for-new-constructions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">San Francisco to mandate solar panels for new constructions</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149940696/man-living-in-plywood-pod-in-sf-apartment-told-to-knock-it-off-by-housing-inspector" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Man living in plywood "pod" in SF apartment told to knock it off by housing inspector</a></li></ul> https://archinect.com/news/article/149935984/learn-about-design-for-human-health-at-the-boston-architectural-college Sponsor 2016-04-11T09:00:00-04:00 >2016-04-11T12:25:15-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/v6/v6ibmikwt8pzsdi8.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><strong>This post is brought to you by <a href="http://the-bac.edu/education-programs?utm_campaign=Architecture&amp;utm_medium=Editorial_Programs&amp;utm_source=Archinects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Boston Architectural College</a>.</strong></em><br>&nbsp;<p>The Master of Design Studies in Design for Human Health (<a href="http://the-bac.edu/education-programs/school-of-design-studies/master-of-design-studies/mds-design-for-human-health" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MDS-DHH</a>) is the first low residency&mdash;primarily online&mdash;master&rsquo;s program dedicated to health and wellbeing within the built environment. This program is available at the <a href="http://the-bac.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Boston Architectural College</a> (BAC) to international and domestic students who have an accredited undergraduate degree and have met the program&rsquo;s admissions requirements.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/rz/rz6r78bthbc1vefs.jpg"></p><p>&uarr; Body mapping exercise during Intensives week.</p><p>The low residency MDS-DHH program made a splash in the design world in September 2014 because it was the first program to offer designers and supporting professions the opportunity to specialize in the rapidly growing area of design for health. With baby boomers aging, chronic diseases becoming more prevalent, and our ever increasing time spent inside of the built environment the demand for specialized knowledge related to design and human health has never been higher.</p><p>The MDS-DHH program exp...</p>