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Letter from the 2025 AAH President, Southern Ellis, AIA

By Alison Karfeld posted 01-24-2025
Dear Members of the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health, I’m honored to serve as the 2025 President of the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health in this milestone year—our 80th Anniversary! It’s humbling to reflect on the Academy’s legacy over the ...
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From the President's Desk

By Michelle L. Trott AIA posted 02-27-2024
I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to serve as president for the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health . I want to extend my gratitude to the past leadership who have brought me to this exciting point in my career: Kenneth Webb, Ellen Taylor, Brenna ...
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From the President's Desk

By Omri Kenneth Webb IV AIA posted 01-01-2024
As we close out 2023, I want to celebrate the accomplishments of the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health, and the incredible work, passion, and dedication of each committee, committee chairs, and board members. We have continued to invest in climate ...
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From the President's Desk

By Omri Kenneth Webb IV AIA posted 01-18-2023
As I look back on my career journey over the last 20-plus years, the opportunity to serve the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health as the 2023 President is a great privilege and honor. This organization has helped shape my passion and dedication for ...
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From the President's Desk

By Ellen M. Taylor AIA posted 12-07-2022
As we close another year, it’s a great time for reflection and acknowledging our accomplishments for 2022. A Reset Year The Academy (AAH) last mapped out a strategic plan in 2016, so we took the chance to review and update it. We adjusted some ...
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From the President's Desk

By Ellen M. Taylor AIA posted 02-09-2022
It’s hard to believe that we’re already more than a month into 2022 with two years of unexpected twists and turns due to SARS-CoV-2. Backing up to go forward For the past two years the Academy, along with other organizations, learned to adjust. ...
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Colleague to Colleague Program

By Michelle L. Trott AIA posted 12-29-2021
2021 piloted the Colleague to Colleague (C2C) mentoring program with an overarching goal to engage members of the healthcare architectural community to further their development and network with others. The shared vision of C2C was a response to our members ...
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Code Tip of the Month: March 2021

By Tina Louise Duncan AIA posted 03-19-2021
Code Tip of the Month International Code Council: Publishing 2021 Codes Presented by Jeff O’Neill, AIA, ACHA, CHFM The ICC model codes are adopted by most, if not all, local jurisdictions for construction, maintenance and fire safety of buildings, ...
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NextGen Update: September 2020

By Jacob D. Richie posted 09-25-2020
This quarter the NextGen Committee welcomed new Delegates to the “front porch” of the Academy through a Delegate Kick-off meeting on September 18th. Delegates will play a vital role in connecting our events and resources with local firms and universities ...
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Meet the 2020 U40 recipient

By Maggie Brown posted 09-25-2020
Marybeth Dietz, AIA is a highly skilled senior project architect and project manager at SmithGroup in Chicago, IL. With more than 15 years of experience, she has spent the last 12 working with healthcare clients. She is practiced in leading complicated ...
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Healthy environments and the impact of COVID

By Jennifer Cagide-Alexander Assoc. AIA posted 06-12-2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the lives and wellbeing of citizens across the world, there is growing evidence that our unhealthy environment has an impact on making us both more susceptible to becoming infected with COVID-19 and also more likely ...
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Homeschooling, managing stress and our wellbeing

By Mayda V. Colon posted 06-12-2020
Burnout, before the pandemic was something we were mildly aware of, unless it was ourselves who were stressed, tired, and wanted to give up. Then it is in the forefront of my mind like the song that gets stuck in my head, repeated like a mantra, over ...
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Regulatory environment in Florida for healthcare construction will be different POST-COVID

By Michael L. Compton AIA posted 05-13-2020
Regulatory environment in Florida for healthcare construction will be different POST-COVID By Michael Compton, AIA, ACHA, EDAC On Tuesday, April 21, 2020, the AAH committee of the AIA Orlando component held their monthly Meeting in the Virtual ...
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Letter from the Editor: April 2020

By Kimberly N. Montague FAIA posted 04-22-2020
I trust this message finds you safe and healthy in your socially-distanced workplace. I must say, I never in my wildest dreams, or nightmares, would have imagined a time period such as this in our profession. Many of us who have been practicing for several ...
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Additional healthcare facility-specific resources

By Maggie Brown posted 04-21-2020
COVID-19 resources for healthcare facilities AIA Alternative Care Sites assessment brief and tool [link] The goal of these assessment tools is for architects to help hospital and other public health agencies identify appropriate adaptive reuse ...
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COVID-19 ArchMap

By Maggie Brown posted 04-03-2020
COVID19 ArchMap Mapping COVID-19 related architecture projects The ArchMap has moved. Visit the new page to see the latest project data > The COVID-19 ArchMap provides information on health care facilities—including alternative care ...
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Code Tip of the Month: March 2020

By Tina Louise Duncan AIA posted 02-28-2020
Code Tip of the Month By Tina Duncan, AIA Whether you are using the digital madcad version or the hard copy bound book of 2018 Edition FGI Guidelines , it’s important to remember that there is an errata sheet for FGI and also ASHE Standard ...
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NextGen 2020 Q1 Update

By Eileen D. Trimbach AIA posted 02-28-2020
NextGen 2020 Q1 Update By Eileen Trimbach, AIA The NextGen Committee begins another year serving as the “front porch” for the Academy —engaging young people to the AAH community and creating a gathering ground to grow together. A key portal to connect ...
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Message from the 2020 AAH President

By Kirsten F. Waltz AIA posted 02-25-2020
From the AAH President's Desk By Kirsten Waltz, AIA I am honored to serve as President of the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) for 2020 in our celebratory 75 th year. Many thanks for the incredible work and leadership of the past presidents ...
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Editor's Corner: December 2019

By Kimberly N. Montague FAIA posted 12-10-2019
AAH Editor's Corner By Kimberly Montague, AIA It seems like it was just yesterday when we all met in New Orleans for Healthcare Design Conference and Expo. With December upon us, and the holidays right around the corner, it seems a good time ...
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