EFA Dining Competition

Announcing the winners of EFA’s 3rd Annual Dining Competition, a special awards program honoring the best dining spaces in senior living.

Food. It’s essential to our physical well-being and part of our day-to-day routine. When choosing a senior living community, the food—and, specifically, the venue options supporting it—can be a driving factor in the decision-making process.

Experience. More than just eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner, dining is an experience. It’s a time for residents to connect and enjoy one another’s company. Providing residents with a variety of options to choose from is essential, from high-end dining to casual bistros and pubs.

Design. Creating spaces for senior living dining requires thoughtful planning and collaboration. Delivering spaces that feel unique and branded offers diversity in experiences, while specifying the right materials and finishes is essential to achieving a cohesive look and feel. Meanwhile, making sure spaces have proper flow, accessibility, and effective front- and back-of-house functionality is critical.

EFA asked participants to submit their best dining space designs:
– Projects that offer a variety of venues and choices in settings for residents, families, and staff
– Spaces that promote resident engagement and contribute to an exceptional dining experience
– Dining venues that offer a high-design aesthetic while being appropriate for the population served
– Effective space design and planning to support dining operations in both front- and back-of-house function and flow

We received 22 submissions, and our jury (eleven experts including architects, interior designers, providers, and industry consultants) narrowed submissions down to three winners and two finalists:

Platinum Winner (First Place):
John Knox Village (Pompano Beach, Fla.), submitted by Perkins Eastman

Gold Winner (Second Place):
The Davis Community (Wilmington, N.C.), submitted by LB/A

Silver Winner (Third Place):
The Farmstead by Resthaven (Holland, Mich.), submitted by THW Design

Finalists:
EverTrue Luther Crest (Allentown, Pa.), submitted by Noelker and Hull Architects
Royal Oaks Retirement Community (Sun City, Ariz.), submitted by SCOPOS Hospitality Group and The HUB Design Innovation

Download EFA’s Dining Competition Special Supplement
A special EFA Dining Competition Special Supplement will feature a Q+A with members of the Platinum award project team, profiles of the top winning projects, and a gallery of all submitted projects to the program. Link to the supplement will be posted on this page this summer.

For more information, contact Donna Hidalgo, at [email protected] or 210.419.9017

MEET THE JURY:
A standout jury of industry experts reviewed this year’s submissions and selected the winners. Meet them below:

Matthew Butler

Matthew Butler

senior design manager, LCS Development

Tom Dillenbeck

Tom Dillenbeck

executive vice president, Hobbs+Black Architects

Stacy Peters Gardner

Stacy Peters Gardner

principal, Faulkner Design Group

Todd J. Hageman

Todd J. Hageman

architect, EverTrue

Ana Impellizeri

Ana Impellizeri

capital projects manager, 2Life Communities

Faith Marabella

Faith Marabella

CEO, principal interior designer, registered architect, Wellesley Design Consultants, Inc.

Alisa Pallister

Alisa Pallister

evidence based design advocate, Pallister Nurse Consulting

Lara Pinchbeck

Lara Pinchbeck

design anthropologist + universal design specialist, Lara Pinchbeck:Research+Design

Amy Smith

Amy Smith

senior associate, LRS Architects

Karen Smith

Karen Smith

senior interior designer, LNB Studio, Architecture + Interiors

Tanya Snow

Tanya Snow

regional director, operations, Bria Communities

Galen Vassar

Galen Vassar

associate principal, Lawrence Group

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