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Planning Public Spaces: Targeting a Broad Audience During Community Engagement
Hord Coplan Macht (HCM) has always recognized the importance of stakeholder engagement during the design process. However, community engagement takes on an additional level of importance when planning a public space - whether a park, school or publically-funded housing project. Below, we…
Planning Public Spaces: The Importance of the Community Engagement Process
Hord Coplan Macht (HCM) has always recognized the importance of stakeholder engagement during the design process. However, community engagement takes on an additional level of importance when planning a public space - whether a park, school or publicly-funded housing project. We have…
Carol Macht, FASLA, A Founding Partner of Hord Coplan Macht, To Retire
Ms. Macht to Continue Consulting on Ongoing Select Projects Hord Coplan Macht (HCM) announces Carol Macht, FASLA, one of the firm’s three founding partners, will retire at the end of 2020. She will continue to consult on some ongoing and select projects.…
Post-Pandemic Design Strategies for Multifamily Housing
How can thoughtful design foster healthy living spaces and reduce the likelihood of disease transmission in multifamily housing? Our design team recently concluded an intensive research effort to outline design strategies that can be implemented to safeguard the health of residents, staff,…
Six Things to Know About Nursing Simulation Design
Planning for a simulation lab redesign? There are important factors to consider before you begin. Download Six Things To Know About Nursing Simulation Design, an ebook by Hord Coplan Macht's lab design experts, below. Missed our webinar, Nursing Simulation - What We…
HCM Partners with the NOMA Foundation Fellowship
As a founding and sustaining partner of the Baltimore chapter, Hord Coplan Macht (HCM) has a long history of involvement with the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA). As such, we are thrilled to participate in the inaugural year of the NOMA…
Rebuilding Rural Care
HCM Principal and healthcare design expert Jim Albert recently authored an article in Health Facilities Management on how rural hospitals can implement design strategies to build capital to attract talented doctors and keep doors open. Fifty-two million Americans depend on rural hospitals,…
Triage: It’s Not Just for the Emergency Department Anymore
Hord Coplan Macht’s (HCM’s) team of expert led healthcare designers have partnered with healthcare organizations and care providers to determine how their facilities will be adapting to the multitude of new challenges created as a result of the pandemic. HCM will share…
Is This the End of the Waiting Room as We Know It?
Hord Coplan Macht’s (HCM’s) team of expert led healthcare designers have partnered with healthcare organizations and care providers to determine how their facilities will be adapting to the multitude of new challenges created as a result of the pandemic. Over the next…
HCM Continues ACE Mentorship Virtually
The ACE Mentorship is a program that partners high school students with professionals in the architecture, construction, and engineering fields to explore career possibilities and to encourage interest in working in the A/C/E fields. Every year, the students in the program dive into designing solutions for an existing local project under…
HCM Principals Present at NCGS
The National Coalition of Girls Schools 2020 Annual Conference: Stand Up, Speak Up: Girls Using Their Voices to Engage, Empower, & Enact! is moving forward, taking place online this year. Two HCM K-12 Design Experts, Peter Winebrenner and Casey Smith, are speakers…
2020-2021 School Year Re-opening Strategies
In the midst of so much uncertainty, Hord Coplan Macht's team of experts has assembled a guide for independent K-12 schools as they determine if and how best to reopen. The included strategies are designed to help schools comply with state and…
Adapting Healthcare: Future State Sustainability
Hord Coplan Macht’s (HCM’s) team of expert led healthcare designers have partnered with healthcare organizations and care providers to determine how their facilities will be adapting to the multitude of new challenges created as a result of the pandemic. Over the next…
Design Strategies To Prepare For The Next Pandemic
Originally Published on efamagazine.com on May 28, 2020 Design Strategies To Prepare For The Next Pandemic By Duncan Walker | May 28, 2020 Senior communities everywhere are now under stress as they focus on keeping residents and staff safe during the COVID-19…
Design Strategies for the Future of Telehealth
Design Strategies for the Future of Telehealth Hord Coplan Macht’s (HCM's) team of expert led healthcare designers have partnered with healthcare organizations and care providers to determine how their facilities will be adapting to the multitude of new challenges created as a…
Reimagining Healthcare Design After COVID-19
HCM Principal and healthcare design expert Jim Albert recently authored an article for Healthcare Design on ten key elements he predicts will quickly change in response to COVID-19. Jim acknowledges that there are many more questions than answers as to what the…
Effects of the Pandemic on Life Plan Communities
Effects of the Pandemic on Life Plan Communities In this time of uncertainty, HCM’s design experts have been exploring options and potential solutions for how senior living facilities can adapt to the new normal. In this series, principals from HCM's Senior Living…
Virtual Tools in Healthcare Design
Virtual Tools in Healthcare Design Hospitals and healthcare organizations are eager to keep their strategic priorities moving forward despite the need for social distancing, and the public health responsibility we have to continue working at home. In response to our clients’ needs,…
Hord Coplan Macht CEO Lee Coplan Elevated to AIA College of Fellows
Hord Coplan Macht announced today that CEO Lee Coplan, FAIA has been elevated to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows. The fellowship program was developed to elevate those architects who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession…
Hord Coplan Macht Named Among Top 100 Giants by Interior Design Magazine
Hord Coplan Macht is proud to have been named one of Interior Design Magazine's 2020 Top 100 Giants! This prominent list is compiled by ThinkLab, the research division of Interior Design Media. ThinkLab is dedicated to performing industry research and compiling it…
How iGen Uses Space
iGen, or Generation Z, are known for their intuitive use of technology, multi-tasking skills, and their drive for independence - and they make up the majority of higher education students today. What does this mean for the way that we design educational…
Ed Hord, Founding Partner of Hord Coplan Macht, To Retire
Hord Coplan Macht (HCM) announces that founding partner Ed Hord, AIA will retire at the end of 2019. Hord, along with Lee Coplan and Carol Macht, founded Hord Coplan Macht in 1977. Since that time, the firm has grown to a nationally…
HCM Ranks Top Ten “Biggest Movers in Percentage of Minority Designers” in ARCHITECT Magazine
HCM is proud to be recognized as one of ARCHITECT Magazine’s “Biggest Movers in Percentage of Minority Designers” on staff. The printed list ranks the top ten firms with the largest percentage increase of minority designers, and HCM was number eight with…
HCM’s Jenine Kotob Speaks at National League of Cities Summit
HCM's Jenine Kotob Speaks at National League of Cities Summit "Our cities say a lot about who we are as a society—both to the international community and visitors—but also as a statement to future generations. It's critical that we think of safety…
Hord Coplan Macht Expands Practice to Charlotte and Adds Veteran Senior Living Principal
Hord Coplan Macht (HCM) announces that it has expanded its services to Charlotte, North Carolina and added David Segmiller, FAIA, NCARB, as Principal. Segmiller will be based in Hord Coplan Macht’s new office located in Charlotte, North Carolina, expanding the firm’s services…
Hord Coplan Macht Expands Practice with Addition of Healthcare Operational and Clinical Specialist
Hord Coplan Macht (HCM) announces that it is expanding its services with the addition of Tracey Graham, DNP MSN MSM APRN FNP-C CEN as Senior Healthcare Consultant. Graham is a licensed Nurse Practitioner with a Master’s in Business Management and a Doctorate…
Hord Coplan Macht Takes Home Four NAHB Awards
Hord Coplan Macht is excited to have taken home four awards from this year's National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Awards Program for Two Light and Brightview Bethesda. Two Light The HCM-designed luxury rental building in Kansas City took home Best in Region (Central)…
Hord Coplan Macht Projects Take Top Honors in Senior Housing News Awards
Two Hord Coplan Macht projects topped the list in this year’s Senior Housing News Awards. Brightview West End won the Assisted Living category and the renovation and expansion of the Town Center at Erickson Living, Oak Crest placed second in the Renovation/Repositioning…
Hord Coplan Macht Creates Tailored Amenity Spaces for Two of DC Metro’s Newest Residential Communities
Hord Coplan Macht is the providing interior design for the amenity areas of two new residential communities in the Washington DC Metro area that have recently begun construction. Hanover Westbranch, a 400-unit, new construction project located in the Tysons Corner neighborhood in Northern Virginia, features…
The Only Seat in the House
What’s a baseball fan to do in the middle of a pandemic when ballparks are closed to spectators and the only way to watch a game is from the couch? For residents of two recently completed Hord Coplan Macht projects, their homes…
Virtual Pull Planning (Part 2)
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, workplaces across every industry are redefining what it means to perform their essential functions; Hord Coplan Macht is no different. Although architecture is a highly collaborative field, which traditionally has mandated in-person meetings, HCM has been exploring alternative methods of harnessing the…
Virtual Pull Planning (Part 1)
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, workplaces across every industry are redefining what it means to perform their essential functions; Hord Coplan Macht is no different. Although architecture is a highly collaborative field, which traditionally has mandated in-person meetings, HCM has been exploring alternative methods of harnessing the…