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Please stop by our Booth #319 at this year’s EACUBO (Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers) conference at the Philadelpiha Marriott Downtown.  The focus, “A Declaration of Collaboration” will showcase campus problem solving, initiating proactive discussions, and sharing effective strategies for the many challenges facing campus administrators.  For more information or to register CLICK HERE.

Thank you to everyone who attended one of our sessions at Enviornments for Aging.

E14 – Unforgettable: Creating Communities & Environments that Move Beyond Memory Care

Here are links to the three YouTube Videos included in Session E14.

Small Changes Make a Dementia-Friendly Community

Bus Driver Training to Support Those with Dementia

E20 – Renovation Realities: Creative Conversion of Medical Models

Creative confections are always part of the holiday season at RLPS Architects, and this year’s display celebrates our firm’s 60^th anniversary with a Frozen-themed holiday featuring the bustling town of Arendelle complete with a town square, ice castle and fishing pier as well as the frozen tundra, ice mountain and diamond mine. Guests at our annual client party voted on their favorites and here are photos of the winning building and accessory entries.

Drawing from images of Scandinavia, employees and their families spent countless hours transforming various edible materials into picturesque cottages, unique shops and mining operations. The candy structures are positioned along a fishing pier made of pretzels and mountains forested by ice cream cone trees coated in sugar sprinkle foliage and icing snow. The raw building materials for these creations included over 70 pounds of Charms hard candy, 30 gallons of icing and more than 50 pounds of candy, pasta, crackers and cereals.

Best Practices in the Charette Process

Thank you to all those who attended any of the LeadingAge Education Sessions in which RLPS participated.  Please feel free to share any comments about the sessions using the Contact Us link on this site.

Pocket Neighborhoods:  Urban Design Concepts to Reinvent Aging Communities

Paint & Powder:  Revitalizing Lighting and Interior Environments

Hold the Pickles:  Upgrading Outdated Dining Areas

Home Improvements:  Case Studies in Skilled Health Care Repositioning

Please be sure to stop by RLPS Architects’  booth #2310 and the Design for Aging Review Exhibit.  We are also excited to be part of the following education sessions this year and would welcome your attendance!

Session 21-A
Sunday, October 27 / 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Urban Design Concepts to Reinvent Aging
Communities Anywhere

Session 24-B
Monday, October 28 / 8:00 am – 9:30 pm
Revitalizing Lighting and Interior Environments

Session 39-G
Wednesday, October 30 / 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Upgrading Outdated Dining Areas

Session 60-H
Wednesday, October 30 / 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Case Studies in Skilled Health Care Repositioning

IGNITE! Sessions

Oct 28th; 2:50 PM – The Not So “Small House”

Oct 30th; 11:10 AM -Fashion Meets Finish: Interior Design Considerations for Aging in Style

For more information, visit the LeadingAge Annual Meeting Site.

October 27-30, 2013
Dallas, TX

Join us in Dallas this fall for four days of learning and networking opportunities at the LeadingAge Annual Meeting & EXPO. We are excited to have the opportunity for staff members to participate as speakers in the following educational sessions:

• Urban Design Concepts to Reinvent Aging Communities
• Revitalizing Lighting and Interior Environments
• Upgrading Outdated Dining Areas
• Case Studies in Skilled Nursing Repositioning

In addition to more than 150 educational session, the conference will again include the “Idea House.”  This year, the 5,600 sq. ft. house will feature futuristic living space vignettes including a full kitchen, living areas, bedrooms, bathrooms and outdoor living spaces.  For more information, visit the LeadingAge Annual Meeting webiste.

To celebrate the start of summer our staff and their families compete in an annual egg drop, or to be accurate this year, an egg launch! It may have been cold and windy but our egg rockets were cleared for launch and a grand time was had by all! The contraptions were built with a pre-determined parts kit including foamcore, packing peanuts, an oatmeal container, plastic shopping bag, and string. Each competitor had to use these materials provided (and nothing extra) to create a rocket that would protect an egg during launch and bring it safely back to earth unbroken. 

Every year RLPS issues a themed design challenge for employees to construct a contraption in which an egg will be directed toward a target. This year’s event was held at the construction site of our new office building and involved launching the eggs through a four-inch PVC chute from a second story window. Points were awarded for surviving the launch—many eggs did not—and also for hitting a hardhat target. Construction materials included paperclips, a cardboard tube slide, a piece of fabric, a small strip of carpet, Elmer’s glue, scotch tape and rubber bands.

December 2011—The 2011 creative gingerbread expressions gave new meaning to “chillin’ at the beach.”   Masses of snowmen enjoyed a frosty beach holiday at a graham cracker boardwalk and midway pier with an eclectic collection of gingerbread shops and sand-colored sugar shores bustling with activity, including a group of “Occupy Boardwalk” snowmen. Drawing from visions of summer boardwalk scenes, employees, their families and friends spent hours constructing gingerbread, candy, crackers and pasta into pizza shops, souvenir stores and even a tattoo parlor. The lively shore featured snowmen enjoying the beach and boardwalk with a rooftop miniature golf course, beach volleyball and a moving carousel and Ferris wheel.