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What Is Inclusive Restroom Design and Where Is It Appropriate?

February 16, 2021 ·

What Is Inclusive Restroom Design?

Inclusive design means making a space feel welcoming for all people. How is this different from, say, designing gender-neutral bathrooms? Inclusive design goes further. It improves bathroom efficiency and reduces wait times because each stall is available to any person looking to use it, regardless of age, gender, and ability.

Healthy Hand Washing Solutions and Innovations

June 19, 2020 ·

Little Girl with the Murdock Wash-N-Go Indoor Hand Washing Station

The commercial plumbing marketplace is responding to the increased demand for fixtures that emphasize proper and frequent hand washing.

Correctional Spaces that Accommodate Vocation

June 9, 2020 ·

Storstrøm Prison Church by C.F. Møller Architects, photo by Torben Eskerod

Education and vocation are crucial ingredients in rehabilitation, so care should be given to those spaces in correctional facilities.

Prison Mental Health Spaces That Heal and Rehabilitate

June 2, 2020 ·

Las Colinas Detention & Re-Entry Facility, San Diego, Calif. (Lawrence Anderson Photography)

Inmate rehabilitation efforts are not one-size-fits all. Learn how mental health spaces in prisons can be designed to foster healing and rehabilitation.

Designing for Inmate Autonomy and Privacy to Foster Rehabilitation

May 26, 2020 ·

Maple Street Correctional Center, Redwood City, Calif. (Courtesy of HOK)

Providing prisoners autonomy and privacy doesn’t have to compromise safety. Read how correctional design can foster rehabilitation.

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