Human-Centered Design

• Humanizing Behavioral Health: SmithGroup’s Vision for Healing Spaces

  July 7, 2025

  

  From personal experiences with mental health facilities to innovative funding solutions, SmithGroup brings a noticeable human perspective to their work. Their latest project for Los Angeles County demonstrates how this approach transforms behavioral health design, one carefully considered detail at a time.

• Mark L. Spies: Designing for Behavioral Health—It’s Not Just a Job

  March 21, 2022

  

  Mark Spies, a principal at Stengel Hill Architecture, talks about the role architecture and design play in mental health and its positive impact on patients, staff, and designers.

• Scott Holmes: Human-Centered Design & Patient Safety in Behavioral Healthcare

  March 16, 2021

  

  When confined by a limited budget, behavioral healthcare facilities often make compromises on design. BWBR’s Human-Centered Safety® approach is not only designed to speed recovery while keeping all parties safe, but also to ensure that small budgets don’t result in less than satisfactory outcomes.