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EFA 2021 Design Showcase Winners Deliver Solutions For Senior Living Communities
EFA brought together design leaders from the 2021 Design Showcase’s award-winning projects to talk trends and shed light on what’s driving them.
EFA Spring Summit Preview: Balancing Infection Control and Aesthetics
Designing senior living environments in a post-pandemic world will require new approaches to deliver on both style and safety. This EFA Spring Summit speaker team previews some of the issues to consider moving forward.
EFA Spring Summit Preview: Infection Control Roundtable
A roundtable of infection control experts will discuss how the product design and specification process has and will continue to evolve in response to COVID-19, with audience participation helping to guide the conversation.
EFA Spring Summit Preview: Building Assessments in a Post-pandemic World
A multidisciplinary group of experts will share best practices for evaluating existing building conditions to contain the spread of infectious disease as well as the design and operational approaches that have worked well. Here, they offer a sneak peek of what will be covered.
EFA Spring Summit Preview: Design Trends Roundtable
The owners and designers behind projects celebrated in the 2020 EFA Design Showcase will share an inside look at how the designs delivered withstood the COVID-19 crisis.
WEBINAR: 2021 EFA Design Showcase—Winning Trends In Senior Living Design
Now available on demand, this webinar dives into the major trends found in the 2021 Design Showcase and how they were applied successfully on the award-winning projects.
J+J Flooring To Donate Flooring For Senior Design Projects In Underserved Communities
Up to 10 projects will be awarded 5,000 square feet of flooring as well as free installation through the Impact Project, for which Environments for Aging magazine is serving as media partner.
EFA Virtual Conference: Aftermath Of COVID-19
In the keynote session for the EFA Virtual Conference, a panel of industry leaders discussed balancing safety and residential design in a post-pandemic world.
COVID-19: Coverage And Resources
As the COVID-19 outbreak unfolds, EFA will monitor the situation with an eye on design and the built environment to provide resources for senior living design professionals.
Coming Together
The COVID-19 pandemic is a call to this industry to unite as we collectively look forward.
EFA Names 2020 Design Showcase Winners
The jury reviewed 41 projects, selecting four for Honorable Mention and one for Award of Merit.