Better safe ... Episcopal Church Home architects succeed in creating a unique personality within a secure facility.The winner of our Specialty Category Episcopal Church Home--Memory Care Center of Excellence, in Louisville, Ky., is our third winner in a series of five in our annual Order of Excellence in Design & Architecture awards. The architects and interior designers, who were both instrumental in the final results of this project, came from Reese Design Collaborative, PSC (Public Service Commission) Same as PUC. , in Louisville, Ky. Bryan Moberly Photography, also of Louisville, Ky., served as the photographer. PROJECT STATISTICS Number of beds: 52 Average resident room size: 243 gross square feet Average resident age: 86 years Construction cost per gross square foot: $111 Jury Chair George Pressler, AIA, FHFI FHFI Federation of Hungarian Food Industries FHFI Federation of Hellenic Food Industries FHFI Filipino Heritage Festival Inc. FHFI Food Hygiene for the Food Industry (Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, UK) , ACHA ACHA American College of Hospital Administrators. acha see digitariaexilis. George Pressler, founder and president of Topanga, Calif.-based Planning Decision Resources Inc. (PDR PDR A trademark for Physicians' Desk Reference, a group of reference books containing drug listings, especially one for prescription drugs. PDR ). Pressler's objective is to plan facilities that incorporate new technologies as well as improved patient care delivery models. His 35 years of experience includes participation in leadership capacities with numerous national professional organizations such as the boards of the Symposium on Healthcare Design and The Caritas Project. Armando L. Gonzalez, FAIA FAIA Florida Association of Insurance Agents FAIA Food Additives and Ingredients Association (Kent, UK) FAIA Fellow, American Institute of Architects (honorary position) Armando L. Gonzalez, FAIA, is the principal-in-charge at Pasadena, Calif.-based Gonzalez/ Goodale Architects. As a founding principal of Gonzalez/Goodale, he is responsible for the firm's operation, including contract negotiations and coordination of all projects. He has been honored with several awards, including a Public Use Award in 1993 from the Los Angeles Business Council. He has also been an active member of the architectural committee. Kay S. Trimmer CID Cid or Cid Campeador (sĭd, Span. thēth kämpāäthōr`) [Span.,=lord conqueror], d. 1099, Spanish soldier and national hero, whose real name was Rodrigo (or Ruy) Díaz de Vivar. , IIDA IIDA International Interior Design Association IIDA Integrated Icing Diagnostic Algorithm IIDA Intercollegiate/Interscholastic Dressage Association Kay S. Trimmer. CID. IIDA, founder and president of St Petersburg, Fla.-based IDKT IDKT I Don't Know That , has been involved in interior design for more than 40 years. Trimmer has been active on several boards such as the interior Architecture Department of Ohio University and on the Leadership Council for The Caritas Project. She is also a consultant to several companies including Health Furnishings Solutions, Armstrong Ceilings and Hill-Rom. WINNING WORDS What the judges had to say about the Episcopal Church Home--Memory Care Center of Excellence George Pressler: "Patient safety, security and sense of place--so essential for this specialty environment--is evident in this exemplary project." Kay Trimmer: "The Memory Care Center and Activity Mall is very innovative. I found the architectural details to be wonderful and perky. This project had creative personality." Armando Gonzalez: "The two-story sky-lit rotunda and related circular lobby parlor significantly adds to resident way-finding." |
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