Senior Housing News Announces 2014 Architecture & Design Awards Winners
Winners represent best in class for cutting-edge design and innovation in senior housing
CHICAGO, Dec. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Senior Housing News, an Aging Media Network publication, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Senior Housing News (SHN) Architecture & Design Awards.
Senior living communities nationwide submitted their communities for consideration in the second annual SHN Awards, a contest that recognizes excellence by celebrating projects that improve the lives of seniors through innovative design.
"We continue to be impressed with how designers, architects and operators are raising the bar each year for senior living communities," said SHN Publisher and Founder George Yedinak. "Operators are setting themselves apart through design in an increasingly competitive market environment by leveraging incredible technologies and innovative spatial designs."
From the more than 50 organizations that entered their communities in this year's competition, only seven projects were chosen as 2014 SHN Awards Winners for their unique approaches to senior living design.
The 2014 competition was sponsored exclusively by Kwalu, a provider of senior living furniture solutions to communities across the United States.
"The Senior Housing News Architecture and Design Awards competition has seen truly diverse entries of the highest caliber, but they're all connected with a common thread: a dedication to making a difference in residents' lives through innovative space planning and design," said Kwalu CEO Michael Zusman.
Each winner has demonstrated how ground-breaking ideas, combined with attention to detail and meticulous execution of vision contribute to responsive design, maximum flexibility and space utilization to facilitate resident well-being, Zusman added.
SHN is pleased to announce the 2014 Awards Winners:
Best Affordable
High Mar Senior Community (Boulder, CO)
Boulder Housing Partners / The Abo Group
Runner-up: The Arbors at Oak Park
Best Assisted Living
Waterford Grand (Eugene, OR)
BPM Senior Living / Myhre Group Architects
Runner-up: Atria Woodbriar Place
Best Continuing Care Retirement Community
Generations at Agritopia (Gilbert, AZ)
Investment Property Associates / Thoma-Holec Design / LuAnn Thoma-Holec
Runner-up: Terraces at San Joaquin Gardens
Best Independent Living
Shaker Pointe at Carondelet (Watervliet, NY)
Shaker Pointe at Carondelet, Inc. / KDA Architects
Runner-up: Trinity Courtyard
Best Skilled Nursing / Post-Acute Care
Wellbrooke of South Bend (South Bend, IN)
Mainstreet / LCS / Arc Design
Runner-up: Evergreen Crossing & The Lofts
Best Stand-Alone Memory Care
The Osborn (Rye, NY)
The Osborn / RLPS Architects
Runner-up: Grandview Healthcare Center Memory Care
Best Rehab / Repositioning
Lutheran Home / My Rehab Center (Arlington Heights, IL)
Lutheran Life Communities / Hoffman Planning, Design & Construction, Inc.
Runner-up: Charlestown
Since the Nov. 14 submission deadline, a panel of senior living industry experts analyzed each entry, basing their final judgements on several criteria including Design & Aesthetics, Community Integration and Amenities & Lifestyle.
This year's judges included:
- Jeff Anderzhon, FAIA, Senior Planning/Design Architect at Eppstein Uhen Architects
- Elisabeth Borden, Principal at The Highland Group
- Dan Cinelli, FAIA, Managing Principal at Perkins Eastman
- David Dillard, FAIA, Principal at D2 Architecture
- Gene R. Guszkowski, AIA, Senior Principal at AG Architecture
For more information about the SHN Awards and to view the 2014 Winners, visit www.shnawards.com.
About Aging Media Network / Senior Housing News
Aging Media Network is an innovative publishing company based in Chicago, Ill., and is the publisher of Senior Housing News, Reverse Mortgage Daily and Home Health Care News.
Senior Housing News is the leading independent source for news and information covering senior housing and senior living.
With a global reach of more than 30,000 industry professionals, SHN's audience includes senior housing operators, developers, banking institutions, real estate investment trusts, private equity and service providers catering to the industry. Visit www.seniorhousingnews.com for more information.
About Kwalu
Kwalu is the leading provider of furniture to senior living in the U.S. Its products are Designed to Last® and will continue to look like new, year after year — which is so important right now, given the trend of residents' rising acuity levels and the resultant ongoing beating the furniture takes from walkers, wheelchairs and the like.
When attracting new residents and maintaining high satisfaction levels for existing residents is important, Kwalu's senior living furniture can make the difference.
About the SHN Architecture & Design Awards
The Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence and innovation in senior living. Returning for its second year, the annual awards contest celebrates unique projects and companies that are improving the lives of seniors through innovative design. Visit www.shnawards.com for more information about this year's contest, as well as past winners.
CONTACT:
John Yedinak
Managing Editor, Senior Housing News
312-281-8802
[email protected]
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