Influencing Seniors’ Mental Health Using Biophilic Design Principles
By Briana Manfrass, Associate Principal and Interior Designer at Pinnacle Architecture, Inc. What is Biophilic Design? Early humans were nomadic [...]
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August 2021
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July 2021
Increasing the Health and Wellbeing for our Aging Population Through the Built Environment
By Briana Manfrass, Associate Principal and Interior Designer at Pinnacle Architecture, Inc. Increasing the Health and Wellbeing for our Aging [...]
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June 2021
Using Color and Contrast to Help Dementia Patients
By Briana Manfrass, Associate Principal and Interior Designer at Pinnacle Architecture, Inc. Color and Contrast in Senior Living An estimated [...]
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May 2021
Integrating Culture in Architecture Through Art
Thursday, May 13, 2021, marked a monumental moment. The CDC announced vaccinated people could be mask-free in many situations and [...]
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February 2021
Designing Through a Trauma-Informed Lens
(Originally printed in Cascade Business News | Image designed by FreePik) By Briana Manfrass, Associate Principal, Interior Designer More than [...]
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September 2020
Three Tools to Reduce COVID Spread in Community Healthcare Clinics
(Originally printed in Cascade Business News | Image designed by FreePik) By Briana Manfrass, Associate Principal, Interior Designer It’s been [...]
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May 2019
Using Biophilic Design Principles Inside Healthcare Spaces
Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness - Enterprise, OR Influencing Healing and Recovery with Nature…Indoors! Designing healing environments is a mix [...]
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February 2019
Adaptive Reuse – the Pinnacle of Sustainability
According to Wikipedia, adaptive reuse refers to the process of reusing an existing building for a purpose other than which [...]
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July 2018
Farmworker Housing Conference Presentation – How to Minimize Construction Defects
Farmworker Housing Conference Presentation – How to Minimize Construction Defects Peter Baer and Doug Alley of Pinnacle Architecture presented at [...]
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May 2018
Shootings, Safety, and Architecture
The fatal mass shootings across American are heartbreaking. From schools and government buildings to the workplace and housing, the topic of security continues to be more prevalent in our design conversations.