THE WINNERS' CIRCLE: BEYOND THE STATUS QUO.In evaluating the entrants to Contemporary Long Term Care's 2000 Order of Excellence Awards for Architecture and Interior Design, our 17th year of competition, the judges agreed that the competition this year was the toughest yet. After hours and hours of Post-It Notes and take-out food, winners and "best practices" contributors were bandied about, debated over, argued for and against, and ultimately agreed upon. Our esteemed jury members met at CLTCs New York-based editorial office over the Memorial Day weekend to review the entries. Jury Chair Victor Regnier was exhausted but proud of the final outcome of the judging, assuring the editorial staff of CLTC CLTC Certified in Long-Term Care CLTC Community Long Term Care CLTC Chapter Leadership Training Conference that the tradition of each year's judging being more difficult than the previous year's continued. Five winning projects offer new ideas that challenge the status quo. Eight additional projects gain acclaim as best practices in design. Our jury appreciated both creativity and easily replicated ideas that advance the art of design for older people. Specifically, here's what caught the jury's attention: * Design strategy. Expert space planning and heroic efforts to create community yield the ultimate: architecture that meets needs. * Differentiation. In both spaces and building materials, departures from the norm create interest and design integrity. * Proportion. Scale makes great spaces feel great. * Detail. From handsome doorways to large windows to extra storage, even small design features add character to the project whole. * The great outdoors. Courtyards, gardens, and more courtyards: beyond buildings, architectural excellence involves total environments. THE JUDGES VICTOR REGNIER, FAIA FAIA Florida Association of Insurance Agents FAIA Food Additives and Ingredients Association (Kent, UK) FAIA Fellow, American Institute of Architects (honorary position) Order of Excellence jury chair, is Professor of Architecture and Gerontology gerontology: see geriatrics. , University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission , Los Angeles. His book, Assisted Living Housing for the Elderly: Design Innovations from the United States and Europe (John Wiley & Sons, 1997) won the Progressive Architecture Award for Architectural Research. MARTIN H. COHEN cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , FAIA Architect, Designer, Consultant, New York. LEN (Low Entry Networking) In SNA, peer-to-peer connectivity between adjacent Type 2.1 nodes, such as PCs, workstations and minicomputers. LU 6.2 sessions are supported across LEN connections. FISHMAN President/CEO, American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA AAHSA American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (formerly American Association of Homes for the Aging, AAHA) ), Washington DC POWELL LAWTON, PhD Senior Research Scientist, Polisher Research Institute, Philadelphia Geriatric Center |
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