RLPS has been planning and designing senior living and care center projects for more than 66 years. Completed work includes approximately 235 retirement communities and 3,025 seniors’ housing and care center projects. We have made senior living our life’s work and remain passionate about providing cost-effective, thoughtful environments that “quietly” support the programs and mission of the organizations we serve.
RLPS provides an integrated master planning approach, based on a thorough understanding of the issues shaping optimal building organization and development through new construction and/or additions and renovations. Our master planning process provides an efficient forum for collaborative review between all team members including our clients’ marketing and financial advisors.
The RLPS team’s involvement in the design of senior living communities has resulted in a thorough understanding of the critical issues related to time, budgets, market issues, user expectations and financial risk management. We have made senior living our life’s work and remain passionate about the Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) / Life Plan Communities resulting from our design efforts.
RLPS Architects’ seniors’ housing design solutions incorporate a myriad of discreetly supportive accommodations to compensate for the effects of aging and promote long-term independence while respecting consumer preferences for no obvious accessibility measures. RLPS seniors’ housing design reflects careful attention to thousands of details we have learned by focusing on senior living and care centers.
RLPS Architects’ provides assisted living and personal care planning and design for new construction, additions and renovations. The RLPS team meets state-specific safety code requirements and accessibility standards, while incorporating a high level of detailing, larger living spaces and varied common areas to meet the expectations of today’s assisted living and personal care consumers.
RLPS Architects provides planning and design to create living spaces for people with dementia that support well-being. The RLPS design philosophy focuses on individualized spaces that respect the value of each individual and promote independence, growth, engagement, connection and meaning.
RLPS Architects provides planning and design for skilled nursing and in-patient hospice care in small houses, households and person-centered neighborhoods. Our design solutions balance program objectives for access to nature, daylight, privacy, independence and choice with requirements for accessibility and safety, budget needs, staff efficiencies and life cycle costs.
RLPS designs distinctive dining, wellness and common spaces that creative positive experiences, reflect vitality and foster community engagement. We provide designs for new or renovated cafes, restaurants, display dining, coffee shops, pools, weight rooms, exercise classrooms, performing arts centers, art galleries and other holistic wellness venues.
RLPS Architects has extensive design experience renovating and updating existing communities to meet future market demands. Our success in formulating design solutions that improve marketability and appeal for both prospective and current residents reflects our appreciation for the delicate balance between project cost impacts and return on investment.