Category: General News & Updates

Jacobs Joins architecture+

architecture+, a design and service oriented architecture and planning firm in Troy, New York, has announced that Brett Jacobs has joined the firm as an Architectural Designer. Brett, of Green Island, New York, holds a Master of Architecture from Clemson University’s Architecture and Health Program and a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the… Read more >

Royal Columbian Hospital Facility Opens

architecture+ is pleased to announce the opening of the Mental Health and Substance Use Wellness Centre on the Royal Columbian Hospital campus in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. We served as Mental Health Advisor as to Stantec and provided on-call design collaboration, review, and advisory services. The state-of-the-art 75-bed center also offers outpatient services and includes… Read more >

Pitts to Present CHD Webinar

architecture+ principal, Francis Murdock Pitts, FAIA, FACHA, will be presenting a webinar next week for The Center for Health Design. The presentation, Recent Mental Health Projects: The Newest Lessons Learned, will offer new lessons learned and insights arising out of 20 mental health projects currently in design, under construction, or recently occupied encompassing over 5,000… Read more >

architecture+ in the June/July 2020 issue of Healthcare Design

The June/July 2020 issue of Healthcare Design focuses on mental health. architecture+ principal, Francis Murdock Pitts was interviewed for two feature articles. Into the Light reviews the current state of design for mental health facilities and Difference Maker discusses the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Behavioral Health Pavilion. architecture+ worked with the prime architect, NBBJ, on the… Read more >

Doane appointed to board

architecture+, a design and service oriented architecture and planning firm in Troy, New York, is pleased to announce that Angela M. Doane, NCIDQ, IIDA, of Loudonville, New York, has been appointed to a two-year term on the board of the Sage College of Albany Alumni Association beginning in July 2020. In this role, she will… Read more >

Announcing the Urban Design-Build Partnership

A new partnership has been formed between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s School of Architecture (SoA), Troy Architecture Practice (TAP, Inc.), Habitat for Humanity Capital District, Troy Community Land Bank, and architecture+. The project is called Urban Studio, which is comprised of two new Rensselaer Architecture studio courses, incorporating approaches to both new construction and renovation of… Read more >