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Healthcare facilities are not immune to hacking; a reality made painfully clear when last year’s WannaCry ransomware crippled organizations around the world, including healthcare facilities. And according to a 2017 Identity Theft Resource Center report, just over 25% of all data breaches occurred in the healthcare industry.
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Good progress is being made on the construction of a new school in Kugaaruk. It will replace the existing Kugaardjuq community’s school, which was heavily damaged by fire in early 2017. The new 2-storey school will accommodate up to 450 students, with Kindergarten to Grade 6 students located on one level, and Grade 7 to … Continued
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The Design Build Team (DBT) comprising Kudlik Construction, Parkin Architects Limited and Accutech Engineering, has successfully achieved substantial performance on the High School in Cape Dorset. The combined efforts of the DBT, the Government of Nunavut (GN), and the board of education (EDU) met their goal, turning over the school in under less than a … Continued
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Parkin’s Friday breakfast session explored: What is the role of art in healthcare environments? Our brief discussion looked at how art has become integrated in healthcare design, the role of art in healthcare environments, and the numerous ways in which healthcare institutions are acquiring and developing their art collections. Art improves the visual environment for … Continued
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Parkin’s staff are creative! They are enthusiastic, highly experienced and dedicated to design excellence and the highest quality service available. We are committed to nurturing our staff’s development and exploring their interests in the industry and beyond. We have bi-weekly Friday morning breakfasts with our staff to explore design issues, innovation in our industry, company … Continued
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Colour is a fundamental element in design – not only for its impact on aesthetic and technical aspects of human-made environments, but also for its influence on psychological, physiological and social reactions of human beings. Visit our YouTube channel to get a glimpse of the use of colour in our healthcare facilities. https://youtu.be/AhqkJ3gebhY
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Lynne Wilson Orr, Principal at Parkin and Claire O’Donnell, Associate at Parkin, are teaching a new course in Healthcare Interior Design to third year students in the Interior Design Technology Program at George Brown College. The course provides students with an opportunity to understand the planning and design of healthcare projects with a strong focus … Continued
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Robert Boraks is a Director at Parkin Architects Limited, Visiting Scholar at the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism at Carleton University, and a frequent guest speaker at international conferences where he shares his understanding of trends that will help shape correctional facility design here in Canada and around the world.
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Lab Design News Magazine posts Joseph Brant Hospital in its June issue. The post provides brief project information and photos of the hospital’s innovative spaces. For more information, click on: https://www.labdesignnews.com/news/2018/06/joseph-brant-hospital-burlington-ontario
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By: Lynne Wilson Orr, Principal, Parkin Architects Limited There can be very interesting stories behind why we design the building features that we do. Design is sometimes a challenging profession as it can take many years to see the results of your efforts, particularly in healthcare design. But every so often, you see a tangible … Continued
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