Awards Coverage

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Architecture & Design Awards 2020 Coverage

Winners Announced for the 2020 Senior Housing News Architecture and Design Awards
Senior Housing News Announces 2020 Architecture & Design Awards Nominees
Best International Design 2020: CCRC’s ‘Green Spine’ Maximizes Resident Engagement, Wellness
Best Post-Acute Design of 2020: Vertical Small-House Model with Assisted Living Flexibility
Best 55+ Design of 2020: Senior Housing Meets High-End Club at Isakson Community
Best Memory Care Design of 2020: Small House Principles with Regional Flair
Best Affordable Design of 2020: $16M Casa Indiana Brings Neighborhood Culture Into Eco-Friendly Building
Best Repositioning of 2020: Space Needle Architect’s CCRC Design Gets $57M Modernization
Best CCRC Design of 2020: Generations Mix on World’s Largest College Campus
Best Independent Living Design of 2020: Highrise Makes the Most of Urban, Coastal Location
Best Active Adult Design of 2020: A Glass Tower On a Challenging Hipsturbia Site
Best Assisted Living Design of 2020: A Seamless Blend With Pocket Park, Care Continuum

Architecture & Design Awards 2019 Coverage

Winners Announced for the 2019 SHN Architecture and Design Awards
Announcing the Nominees for the 2019 SHN Architecture & Design Awards
Best Post-Acute Design of 2019: Bringing a Touch of Disney to Skilled Nursing
Best Memory Care Design 2019: Benchmark 2.0 Comes To Life On Historic Site
Best International Design 2019: National Park Meets Senior Living in Large Tokyo Community
Best Repositioning of 2019: Dated 1980s Office Building Becomes Modern Senior Living
Best CCRC Design of 2019: Ventana by Buckner Raises the Bar for Highrise Senior Housing
Best Affordable Senior Housing Design 2019: Sustainable, Mixed-Use Project Transforms a Downtown Core
Best Assisted Living Design of 2019: Vertical Mainstreet in a Micro-Urban Market
Best Independent Living Design of 2019: A Community That Emulates a Small Town
Best Hospice Design 2019: Progressive Campus Merges Nature, Care
Architecture & Design Awards – New Category Preview 55+
Architecture & Design Awards – Category Preview – Affordable

Architecture & Design Awards 2018 Coverage

Best Assisted Living Design of 2018 – Sets the Bar for Urban Mixed-Use Senior Living
Best Independent Living Design of a 2018 – A Senior Living Spin on a Pocket Neighborhood
Best Memory Care Design of 2018 – Homelike Residences Integrate with Adult Day Services
Best CCRC Design 2018 – Bringing the Full Continuum to a Mixed-Use Development
Best Affordable Housing Design of 2018 – An Experiment in Communal Living
Best Repositioning of 2018 – From Endangered High School to Celebrated Senior Housing
Best Post-Acute Design of 2018 – Gaining New Revenue with Hospitality Inspired Upgrades
Announcing the 2018 SHN Architecture & Design Awards Nominees
Announcing the Winners of the 2018 SHN Architecture & Design Awards

Architecture & Design Awards 2017 Coverage

Best Memory Care Design 2017: A Small House That Really Feels Like Home
Best Repositioning 2017: Drab, Empty Community Gets Top-Drawer Amenities
Best CCRC & International Design 2017: Lush Gardens in a Japanese Tower
Best Assisted Living Design 2017: An Ultra-Niche Community Near Seattle
Senior Housing News Announces 2017 Architecture and Design Awards Nominees
Announcing the 2017 Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards Winners
A Map of the Best Senior Housing Architecture and Design – Past Competition Winners
Best Assisted Living Design 2017: An Ultra-Niche Community Near Seattle
Best Student Design 2017: High-Tech, Intergenerational Living
Hot Senior Living Architecture and Design Trends for 2018
Best Post-Acute Design 2017: Hospitality, Horses Meet Skilled Nursing
Best Affordable Housing Design 2017: Loft Living in the Rust Belt
Best Independent Living Design 2017: Picturesque Pennsylvania Views

Architecture & Design Awards 2016 Coverage

Announcing the 2016 Architecture & Design Awards Nominees
Best Repositioning 2016: Taking Independent Living to New Heights
Best Student Design 2016: A Futuristic But Realistic Senior Living Community
Best Stand-Alone Memory Care 2016: The Small-House Concept Meets Mother Nature
Best of Assisted Living Design 2016: New Players Makes a Mark
Best of CCRC Design 2016: Master Planning with Coastal Elegance
Best of International Design 2016: Berwick by the Sea Angles for Local Feel
Best of Independent Living Design 2016: Creating an Urban ‘Wow’ Factor
Best Affordable Senior Housing Design 2016: High Style for Today and Tomorrow
Announcing the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards Winners 2016
Best Post-Acute Care Design 2016: Rehab Meets Country Club

Architecture & Design Awards 2015 Coverage

Senior Housing News Announces 2015 Architecture & Design Awards Nominees
Now Announcing: Senior Housing News Design Awards Winners 2015
Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards Winners 2015 
Best of Assisted Living Design 2015: Difference is in the Details
Best of CCRC Design 2015: Old Meets New
Best of Independent Living 2015: Right Site, Right Size
Best Repositioning 2015: An Intimate ‘Boutique’ CCRC
Best of Stand-Alone Memory Care 2015: Setting a New Standard
Best of Post-Acute 2015: Genesis, Mainstreet Push the Envelope
Best of Affordable Senior Housing Design 2015: Cutting Costs, Not Style

Architecture & Design Awards 2014 Coverage

2014 Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards Winners
2014 Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards Nominees
Best of CCRC Design 2014: Fitting Into the Master Planned Community
Best of 2014 Independent Living Design: Bringing The Outside World In
Best Senior Living Repositioning 2014: Hospitality-Meets-Rehab
Best of Memory Care Design 2014: The Upscale Bed and Breakfast
Best of Skilled Nursing Design 2014: The Post-Acute Trailblazer
Best of Assisted Living Design 2014: The Boutique ‘Hotel’
Best of Affordable Senior Housing Design 2014: A Room With a Mountain View

Architecture & Design Awards 2013 Coverage

2013 Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards Winners
Best of Affordable Senior Housing Design 2013: Luxury for Less
Best of CCRC Design 2013: The Boutique Urban Lifestyle
Best of Independent Living Design 2013: The Resort Style
Best of Senior Living Renovation Design: All About Amenities
Best of Senior Housing Design 2013: Not Your Parents’ Nursing Home
Best of Assisted Living Design 2013: New Construction Meets Historic Surroundings

Meet the Judges Q&A Series

SHN Awards Judges Q&A Series: Jeffrey Anderzhon
SHN Awards Judges Q&A Series: David Dillard
SHN Awards Judges Q&A Series: Dan Cinelli
SHN Awards Judges Q&A Series: Elisabeth Borden
SHN Awards Judges Q&A Series: John Cronin