Designing that perfect office space is every practice owner's dream. It's also fun to admire what other dentists have done. Take a peek at this former bank building in Richmond...
When new patients visit your practice for the first time,...
These are my ABCs of dividing dental front office duties so that everyone is productive and no one loses their sh**.
take a look at this old apartment NANA in Lisboa, Portugal. Rar.Studio architects told us about the intricate process of restoring and modernizing this apartment while staying true to its architectural heritage
Name: Amy Tremper of Stitch & Hammer Location: Boulder, Colorado Size: 350 square feet Years lived in: 8 months; Rented Everyone meet Amy, owner and founder of Stitch & Hammer, a leather goods shop based out of Boulder, Colorado. What started as a desire to reconnect with her family heritage led to a serious side project and quickly (and perhaps somewhat unexpectedly) evolved into an established and fast growing business.
Explore the captivating fusion of Japanese and Scandinavian design in our in-depth guide to Japandi interior design. Learn how to seamlessly blend these two styles for a serene sanctuary, and transform your living space into a harmonious haven with expert tips and inspiration
Dezenter Farbakzent oder kompletter Wandanstrich: Der Trendton Petrol wirkt besonders edel und lässt sich toll mit kräftigen, erdigen Tönen, sowie Grau und Kupfer kombinieren.
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By Matthew Hague | Photography by Derek Shapton Farzad and Connie started thinking about building a house five years ago when they were living in
Agadir ist vor allem für den kilometerlangen Strand bekannt. Die wohl schönste Sehenswürdigkeit ist jedoch die neue Medina von Agadir.
When building or remodeling, the selection of window types enables you to customize your choice based on lighting needs and personal style.
Design directors Lucía Chover, Carlos Folch, and Santiago Martín envisioned a playful clinic that would actively destress anxious children and parents for Isabel Cadroy, Dentista Infantil, a local pediatric dental office.
How can you tell if the floor plan for your new optical or optometric office is good enough? Learn some of the strategies and tactics that we at Barbara Wright Design employ to turn an ordinary optical floor plan into an extraordinary productivity builder. Optical Floor Plan Case Study 1 Project: New Building in Joplin, MO Size: 4,841 SF Exam Rooms: 4 Demographics Patients are mostly blue-collar with insurance, median income $49,000. The practice also has some higher income patients but is not selling many high-end frames. Situation Lorry Lazenby, O.D. began designing a new optometric building with his architect. He thought the general plan was good but was concerned that he might have missed some things. He was not satisfied with the optical layout. Barbara Wright Design was called in to design the optical and consult on possible improvements to the overall floor plan. The practice is very busy and needs to move a high volume of patients through the office without making them feel they are on an assembly line. The optical also needs to handle a high volume of patients and prevent the bottlenecks and back-ups experienced in the existing office. The practice is missing out on high-end frame sales due to lack of proper presentation. The “Before” Plan Analysis As a patient enters he is presented with the sharp corner of the reception desk. The wall behind the reception desk where the practice logo should go is angled away from the entrance and can’t be seen well by entering patients. The restroom door is directly visible from waiting making it uncomfortable for patients. In addition the coat rack and coffee area are located right by the rest room door, a potential bottleneck if all three are being used at the same time. The hallway between the central core and waiting area is wider than necessary resulting in wasted space. The general strategy of a “racetrack” layout for circular patient flow in an optometry floor plan is good. However, this layout causes patients to traipse the entire length of the space to get to the exam rooms. Then they return to the front via another equally long hallway, wasting precious minutes of time for both staff and patients. In the optical there is inadequate circulation space between one of the dispensing tables and the corner of the reception counter. A storage closet is placed on a wall that would be better used for more frame displays. The optical is too small for this very busy office. There are no separate delivery tables or workstations for the opticians. The Challenge The two major challenges were to create a functional optical and to improve the clinic area layout so patients could move more efficiently from data collection to exam to optical. The “After” Plan Solution The reception counter faces the entrance and has a back wall for the practice logo, creating a more welcoming and very professional first impression on patients. The restroom door is accessed from the hallway, which has been narrowed so there is no more wasted space. The “racetrack” is now a “dumbbell shape” with all staff rooms off a private back hallway. The patient path is considerably shorter. The two data collection rooms in the central core have dual openings into both hallways to funnel patients efficiently to all exam rooms with the fewest steps. The optical has been enlarged to display 750 frames and has a locked showcase for high-end frames. The opticians have their own office with windows to view the entire optical along with walk-in storage and workroom for completed orders. There is a separate delivery table with a small hidden adjustment counter minimizing trips into the main lab. The file cabinets are integrated into the business office. As the practice gradually goes paperless Dr. Lazenby can remove file cabinets and add more work counters along these walls as needed. Conclusion Switching the general layout strategy from racetrack to dumbbell greatly increases the efficiency of this office and separates the staff area from the public area. Increasing the size of the optical and providing designated space for different activities makes opticians more productive and patients more comfortable and less hurried. Providing a special high fashion display section showcases high-end frames to higher income patients without alienating the middle-income patients that are the backbone of the practice.
We did an inspiration mini holiday with my friend Nicole (from The Secret Souk & Nicxxx Design) to Venice and to this old former mill near in Treviso, Italy. Nicole was went at this Locanda Rosa Rosae already once few years ago for weddings so she wanted to show me this amazing B&B place where we stayed one night. It was incredible amazing experience. All details, combination of all old and some really modern makes of it really soulful. No need to tell that Elisabetta's (who mainly run Rosa Rosae B&B) husband Silvio is an Architect and they created this place and live there too. Their apartment is on the Attic space and if you are lucky to get to your hands newest (Nr 15 luglio, agosto 2016) an Italian QUIN magazine, their amazing home is featured there. I bought this magazine on the road before we arrived and when I get into the bedroom, I said "Hey I'm seen this room just somewhere for sure!" and I recognised that it was the magazine what I was read on the train. So cool "accident" which makes our visit more special kind of.
Just a blog about the things i love, all things kitsch! If it's tacky, ugly, campy, cutesy, quirky or wonderful, you'll find it here. You'll also find some vintage and retro things as well. What is Kitsch? Kitsch is pleasingly distasteful. It's melodramatic, overdone, gaudy and tacky or sentimental and folksy. It's so bad that it's cool. Kitsch is either cutsey fun or hideous ugliness, depending on the viewer's opinion. Enjoy the kitsch!
