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Karyn Robarts was selected by AD China as one of the 100 most influential architects and designers in China for 2017.

Robarts Spaces received the Market Winner Award of Shaw Design Awards 2017 in recognition of this project on June 9, 2017. There were more than 400 entries from all over the world, including 36 from China. Robarts Spaces is one of two companies from China to receive the award.       

Members of our Healthcare team traveled to the United States to receive an award as a winner of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) 2016 Healthcare Interior Design Competition. This competition honors and celebrates outstanding originality and excellence in the design and furnishings of healthcare interior spaces. Robarts Spaces won the category of Ambulatory Care Centers – Outpatient Clinics for the Jiangsu Immigration & International Travel Hygiene Center in Nanjing, China.

“The winners of this year’s IIDA Healthcare Interior Design Competition created exceptionally designed environments that are positively impacting the wellbeing of the patients treated in these facilities as well as their families and those who work there. With more research showing the link between design and positive patient outcomes, these designers are making a tremendous impact on the healthcare industry,” said IIDA Executive Vice President and CEO Cheryl S. Durst, Hon. FIIDA, LEED AP.

The jury panel reviewing this year’s competition included Michelle Clark, IIDA, RID, LEED AP (Senior Associate, Rees Associates Inc.); Suzen L. Heeley (Executive Director, Design + Construction, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center); and Lisa Herriott, IIDA, LEED AP ID+C (Interior Designer, Project Manager, UW Medicine | Harborview Medical Center).

Find additional information about this project here.

Find additional information about this project here.

On 3rd December 2015, Robarts Spaces received first prize at the Steelcase Big Boss Smart Office (BBSO) awards presentation. Our two teams from Beijing and Shanghai really enjoyed the opportunity to research, re-think and, design an executive office of the future (only 100sqm), for a next generation CEO of a development company, in a first-tier Chinese city.

In addition to the chance to reflect on the future of work and the work of the future, at least for company leadership, we had a great night at Steelcase’s exhibition space showcasing innovative designs for China’s future. Hopefully this will be useful to future projects and our interaction with Chinese CEOs, as it is estimated that 3 million private enterprises in China will be handing reins of power to the next generation over the next 5-10 years.

Our winning competition entry was submitted in the form of a short video, which can be seen on YouKu.