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Every four years, Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) releases an update. With the rollout of the 2022 FGI Guidelines for Hospitals fast approaching, DesignGroup has broken down key changes and what they mean for facilities moving forward.

Every four years, Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) releases an update. With the rollout of the 2022 FGI Guidelines for Hospitals fast approaching, DesignGroup has broken down key changes and what they mean for facilities moving forward.

John Ryan of DesignGroup’s Pittsburgh office sees the region’s unique geography as a metaphor for his, and the firm’s, design process.

When DesignGroup interior designer Heather Clark joined on as a pro-bono team member to design a new shelter for the homeless, she discovered a profound feeling of pride - and a personal connection to the client’s mission.

Healthcare design projects involve countless input from partners and stakeholders. One group that shouldn’t be overlooked: the people who will use the building when it’s complete. Tapping into their needs and experiences can make your next project even more successful.

What started as a series of individual imaging replacements in Pittsburgh’s West Penn Hospital became an opportunity to do much more – and reflect more deeply on patient and visitor experiences.

Hope and Inspiration in a Year No One Expected

BIM collaboration. Next-generation workplace design. And the unique melancholy designers feel at the end of a years-long project. We published dozens of original articles in the Big Ideas section of our website last year. Here are the five most popular posts from 2020.

Building information modeling, or BIM, provides powerful 3D design and review capabilities to any project. When the project is this big, though, it needs to be managed with extra care. In this Q-and-A, BIM managers from DesignGroup and HDR describe their successful collaboration on a massive new OSU Wexner Medical Center project.

It’s easy to add superficial nature elements to design, indoors and out. Environmental psychologist Dr. Judith Heerwagen advocates for thinking about it much more deeply. DesignGroup’s Chris Haedt spoke with her about biophilic design and how architecture can be improved through an evolutionary, biological perspective.