As the senior living industry continues to evolve, the 28th annual edition of the EFA Design Showcase highlights the new approaches and strategies that are meeting market demands and changing resident and staff expectations.
Submissions to the 2024 program were assessed by our jury of industry professionals (listed below), who brought architecture, interior design, consultant, and owner/operator perspectives to the process.
They considered the projects in a first round of review to approve them for publication and also score them for awards contention. Those projects with the highest scores made it to a second review that took place during a virtual judging event held this past January.
Through this process, the jury selected one project for our highest honor, the Award of Merit, and three were given Honorable Mention recognition. The remaining six projects are Finalists.
Visit efamagazine.com for an extended Q+A with the Award of Merit winner.
These outstanding projects will also be celebrated during the EFA Magazine Awards Luncheon taking place on Sunday, April 14, at the EFA Conference + Expo in
Atlanta. Congratulations to all!
Thank you to our 2024 jury
- Beth Arokoyo, project manager/senior designer, Spellman, Brady & Company
- Meghan Barnes, vice president, Wegman Design Group
- Joan Devine, former director of education, Pioneer Network
- Tom Dillenbeck, senior vice president, Hobbs+Black Architects
- Anne DiNardo, editor-in-chief, Environments for Aging
- Timothy Gordon, associate, project architect and designer, Scott Edwards Architecture LLP
- Stacy Hollinger Main, partner, RLPS Architects & Interiors
- Thomas McQuillen, principal, Lizard Rock Designs LLC
- BJ Miller Prosser, president, The Vision Group Studios LLC, and managing partner, PAMG
- Justin Schiff, director, project development, Shell Point Retirement Community
- Cynthia Shonaiya, principal, senior living and affordable housing market sector leader, Hord Coplan Macht
- Tiffany Tello, health care administrator, Querencia at Barton Creek
- Lisa Warnock, principal, Glow Interior Designs LLC
- Teresa Whittington, co-owner/co-founder, Teresa’s House
2024 Award Winners and Finalists
Here’s a look at the 2024 EFA Showcase winners and finalists:
Award of Merit
- Rose Villa Senior Living Phase 3 (Portland, Ore.), submitted by Scott Edwards Architecture (Portland, Ore.)
Honorable Mentions
- The Davis Community (Wilmington, N.C.), submitted by Lantz Boggio / Architects (LB/A) (Greenwood Village, Colo.)
- Moorings Park Grande Lake Clubhouse (Naples, Fla.), submitted by Wegman Design Group Inc. (Naples, Fla.)
- The Springs at Happy Valley (Happy Valley, Ore.), submitted by LRS Architects (Portland, Ore.)
Finalists
- Brightview Dulles Corner (Herndon, Va.), submitted by Hord Coplan Macht (Baltimore)
- Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Care Center (Flandreau, S.D.), submitted by DSGW Architecture (Duluth, Minn.)
- The Forest at Duke Small House (Durham, N.C.), submitted by Perkins Eastman (Charlotte, N.C.)
- Gallery at Broomfield (Broomfield, Colo.), submitted by Oz Architecture (Denver)
- Glenridge on Palmer Ranch Kamberg Center (Sarasota, Fla.), submitted by RDG Planning & Design (St. Louis)
- The Springs at The Waterfront (Vancouver, Wash.), submitted by GBD Architects Inc. (Portland, Ore.)
For more on the Showcase Awards, check out the 2023 winners here.
Anne DiNardo is editor-in-chief of Environments for Aging and can be reached at [email protected].
