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Side of Design

A podcast from BWBR, for those with a craving to take their organizations and spaces to new heights, with a side of design. We explore topics and issues affecting how we heal, learn, work, research, play and pray with those whose passion and expertise centers on the spaces that enable us to do all of that.

Next Gen Mentoring: Fostering the Future of Design

37 mins; March 23, 2026

Side Notes: Connecting Operational Insight to Smarter Design

14 mins; February 17, 2026

Quality by Design: Construction, Coordination, and Collaboration

22 mins; January 27, 2026

Side Notes: Integrating Sustainability, Quality, and Codes for Design Excellence

15 mins; January 14, 2026

Built for Community: Five Years of Impact at Regions Hospital Birth Center

38 mins; January 05, 2026

Side Notes: How Professional Services Bring Buildings to Life

14 mins; December 02, 2025

One Material, Big Impact: How FSC Wood Supports Sustainable Design

24 mins; October 30, 2025

Side Notes: Rethinking Campus, One Challenge at a Time

10 mins; October 07, 2025

Side Notes: Healthcare's Holistic Shift

8 mins; September 15, 2025

Side Notes: The Human Element in High-Tech Facilities

11 mins; August 27, 2025

Thinking Bigger: A System-Level Approach to Healthcare’s Future

40 mins; July 30, 2025

Accessible, Universal, Inclusive: Decoding Equity in Design

34 mins; June 26, 2025

Reused, Reimagined, Reconnected: How Loucks Created a Greener, People-First Office

21 mins; May 27, 2025

Taking on PFAS in Design: BWBR Sheds Light on the Cost of “Forever Chemicals"

24 mins; April 22, 2025

BWBR’s 2024 Scholarship Recipients Challenge Injustice in Design

27 mins; March 25, 2025

Designing a Career Path: Navigating Unexpected Professional Journeys

26 mins; February 25, 2025

Beyond Athletics: Driving Enrollment, Wellness, and Campus Identity in Higher Education

27 mins; January 31, 2025

The Interplay of Design, Engineering and Contracting in Science & Tech

34 mins; November 25, 2024

Revolutionizing Employee Engagement: Insights from BWBR on a People-First Culture

50 mins; October 29, 2024

The Price is Right: Considerations in Design Fee Development

32 mins; September 25, 2024

A Safe Space to Heal: Balancing Safety and Comfort in Behavioral Health Design

27 mins; August 27, 2024

Anatomy of a Simulation Space: Designing for the Future of Healthcare Training

35 mins; July 22, 2024

Space to Heal: Exploring the Cutting Edge of Neuroscience Facility Design

37 mins; June 25, 2024

Connecting the Dots: How Healthcare Operations Inform Design

16 mins; May 28, 2024

Beyond the Basics: How Today's Student Housing is Evolving to Meet New Expectations

23 mins; April 24, 2024

The Building Blocks of Construction Administration

30 mins; March 28, 2024

Celebrating the Future of Design With BWBR's 2023 Scholarship Winners

24 mins; February 23, 2024

The Art of Precision: Quality Assurance

33 mins; January 31, 2024

Putting Lab Design Under the Microscope at BWBR

24 mins; January 02, 2024

Financing Critical Access Hospitals: Navigating the Complexities

30 mins; November 30, 2023

A Different Side of Design: Meet the BWBR Graphic Design Team

42 mins; October 25, 2023

Insights from Inside: The 2023 BWBR Intern Experience

51 mins; September 18, 2023

Small but Mighty: Challenges, Triumphs, and Community at Cascade Medical Center

50 mins; August 22, 2023

Coming to Consensus: How BWBR Designers Approach Building a Common Vision

29 mins; July 18, 2023

Take Care: The Present and Future of Crisis Mental Health Design

35 mins; June 19, 2023

The Practical Magic of the Design Process

43 mins; May 22, 2023

Caring for Rural Communities: The Unique Design Needs of Critical Access Hospitals

23 mins; April 23, 2023

Bringing Spaces to Life Through Interior Design

35 mins; March 21, 2023

Healthcare Planners Take Design to the Next Level

43 mins; February 21, 2023

Designing a More Equitable Future: Talking with BWBR’s Equitable Design Scholarship Winners

27 mins; January 26, 2023

Designing Smarter Spaces for Science and Technology

27 mins; December 21, 2022

The Many Sides of Design

34 mins; November 17, 2022

The Gift of Inspiration: What Drives our Architects and Designers

29 mins; October 17, 2022

Navigating Hybrid Work When Your Field is all about Place

27 mins; September 12, 2022

The Summer Intern Experience

44 mins; August 16, 2022

The Power of Great Project Management

30 mins; June 29, 2022

A Conversation: Architecture and Design Through the Experiences of Women

26 mins; March 29, 2022

Beyond the Bottom Line: Business Impacts of ESG

55 mins; February 28, 2022

Side of Design - Reflecting on Our First Year

21 mins; January 31, 2022

The Power of Infinite Thinking: 100 Years of BWBR

18 mins; December 07, 2021

Equity in Design: Creating Thoughtful and Inclusive Spaces

38 mins; November 09, 2021

Emergency Mental Health Services: The EmPATH Model

21 mins; October 26, 2021

BWBR Equity Scholarship Winners

34 mins; September 28, 2021

Research and Practice

38 mins; September 14, 2021

BWBR Plus - Advisory Services - Part Two

24 mins; August 31, 2021

BWBR Plus - Advisory Services - Part One

19 mins; August 17, 2021

What Do Post-Pandemic Employees Need to be Successful? - Part Two

20 mins; August 03, 2021

What Do Post-Pandemic Employees Need to be Successful? - Part One

19 mins; July 20, 2021

Maintaining Design Integrity, Fire Safety with Performance-Based Egress Solutions

50 mins; June 29, 2021

Redefining the Special Education Environment

26 mins; June 08, 2021

Memorial Day Edition

7 mins; May 25, 2021

The Family Partnership

49 mins; May 11, 2021

Have We Overlooked Equity in the Sustainability Movement?

47 mins; April 27, 2021

The Performance Imperative: Raising the Sustainability Baseline for Building Design

31 mins; April 13, 2021

Have We Overlooked Staff Resiliency in Healthcare?

27 mins; March 30, 2021

Is It Time to Make Work More than a Destination?

34 mins; March 16, 2021

Human-Centered Safety®: Seeing Mental Health through a Different Lens

36 mins; March 02, 2021

The Next Evolution: Scenario Planning

34 mins; February 16, 2021

Design in the Age of Upheaval

37 mins; February 02, 2021

Side of Design - The Introduction

1 min; January 22, 2021

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