As a leader in healthcare design in the region, Pittsburgh-based IKM Incorporated architects has developed a three-part education series designed primarily for healthcare facilities executives, facilities managers, healthcare engineers, and others involved in the ongoing planning, design, development and management of healthcare properties and healthcare campuses. Entitled the “Ins and Outs of Healthcare Design,” the…
Design team sets up shop at Chartiers Valley High School for a week-long, interactive design charette. January 12, 2015 — Having been selected as the architects for the evaluation, planning and design of renovations and new construction associated with the Chartiers Valley High School and Middle School project, IKM has been working with the school…
Creating 21st Century Science Research and Teaching Facilities IKM architects is proud to announce their selection as presenters at TWO higher education facilities conferences. IKM recognizes that today’s college campuses are facing challenges of rising costs, aging and deteriorating facilities, energy consumption, cost and efficiency, rapidly changing technology needs, calls for sustainability, and an ever-growing…
IKM Incorporated, celebrating 100-years of design excellence, continues to promote improving the knowledge-base of its professional staff through monthly education programs and on-location visits to job sites and product manufacturer locations. This month, IKM architects represented by eight staff including graduate and registered architects toured Centria’s Product Innovation Center in Ambridge, PA. The Innovation Center…
Members of The Advisory Board Company Recently, IKM’s president, John C. Schrott, AIA, ACHA, was interviewed by associate publisher, Daniel Casciato, for an article in Western Pennsylvania Healthcare News about IKM’s new membership with The Advisory Board Company. This global consulting firm is respected by the healthcare industry as a leader in developing tools that…
The St. Clair Hospital Peters Township Outpatient Center designed by IKM Incorporated Architects was awarded the People’s Choice Award Thursday evening as the local design community of architects, engineers and contractors gathered to celebrate the AIA’s Design Pittsburgh 2013. This annual award is given to the one project, out of all of the entries for…
Shares Membership with the Most Progressive Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations
Today, IKM architect’s president, John Schrott, AIA, ACHA, reported to the MDA’s site at the Highmark Stadium to serve his sentence as an executive Jail Bird as part of the annual national fundraising efforts. When asked why he agreed to participate, Mr. Schrott said, “I have been thinking about what I do to make a…
Pittsburgh Architects, IKM, receive National Award for Training Program Interns in architecture aren’t what you think of when you first think “intern.” The generally accepted definition of an intern is a student who is still in school, who is seeking practical work experience for their first resume and who ultimately will use that experience to…
IKM Incorporated, the Pittsburgh-based architecture, planning and interior design firm, was selected to present a case study of the renovation of the Fisher Hall Science Building at the University of Pittsburgh Bradford Campus to the Fall KAPPA Conference attendees, on Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Jeffrey K. Brown, AIA, NCARB, Principal in Charge of the project…