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Designing Healthcare Environments That Heal

Healthcare spaces shape how people feel, move, and heal. This year, architects Jennifer Newell and Chung Tse Lin from our team attended the Healthcare Design Conference + Expo to discover new research, emerging ideas, and practical strategies influencing the future of healthcare environments

July 31, 2025
By Claire Rountree
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Intern Spotlight: Cooper Irinaga on Coming Home to Design in Alaska

Intern Spotlight: Cooper Irinaga on Coming Home to Design in Alaska July 2025 | An interview with Cooper Irinaga Born and raised in Alaska, Cooper Irinaga returned to his roots this summer as an intern with Bettisworth North in the Fairbanks office. He is currently studying architecture at Washington State University and will graduate with […]

September 26, 2023
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WORKPLACE DESIGN

Workplace Design September 2023 | Dana Nunn, FASID, IIDA, LEED AP, WELL AP I am naturally curious and have long been a proponent of research in design. Whether peer-reviewed academic studies, industry literature scans, surveys, observations, organizational business data mining, or stakeholder interviews, data gathering gives way to insights that influence design approaches, strategies, solutions, […]

Helping Expand the Reach and Impact of Interior Design

Helping Expand the Reach and Impact of Interior Design By Dana Nunn, Director of Interior Design Involvement with professional interior design organizations is especially gratifying for me when I can learn from experts, share with students, and help other practitioners challenge themselves and grow in the profession. Admittedly, my perspective has shifted over the […]

Tiffany Coffman, Certified Health Interior Designer

Tiffany Coffman Certified Healthcare Interior Designer! Passage of the examination and earning the CHID credential signifies that Tiffany has met the rigorous standards for education, experience and examination and is a Certified Healthcare Interior Designer. Certified Healthcare Interior Designers (CHID) are recognized for their excellence, commitment, and knowledge of acute, ambulatory, and residential care […]

September 3, 2021
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The Reconstruction of Spenard Road

Spenard Road This much-needed reconstruction of Spenard Road from Hillcrest Drive to 30th Avenue, in Anchorage, Alaska significantly improved vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle connectivity and safety. The project created a road that is safe, welcoming, accessible, and convenient for all users and multiple forms of transportation. The team’s landscape architects provided site planning, landscape, […]

August 11, 2021
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Next Generation Designers & Builders

Next Generation Designers & Builders At the beginning of July, I had the pleasure to participate in AIA Alaska Northern Section’s first-ever architecture workshop for kids. The design problem: the perfect tree fort or clubhouse. The solutions: ten incredibly different and creative structures with ladders, hammocks, zip lines, water collection systems, off-grid alternative energy […]

Photograph by Paul Miller. Home and Garden Colorado Magazine

Chelsey Beardsley, A Rising Star

Chelsey Beardsley ASID Colorado Chapter Rising Star Our student Junior Interior Designer, Chelsey Beardsley, had the amazing honor of winning the 2020-2021 Colorado chapter ASID Rising Star Award for her work on the Srisaneha Shelter Project! Chelsey joined the Bettisworth North team in 2016 as an Interior Design Intern. She was born and raised […]

July 15, 2021
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University of Alaska Fairbanks: A Whale Raising Exhibit

A Whale Raising Exhibit This spring there occurred at the University of Alaska Museum of the North (UAMN) a whale raising. Like a historic barn raising, there was immense preparation, wide participation across many different specializations, and a well-deserved celebration at completion. Unlike a barn raising, the result was a 43-foot bowhead whale skeleton […]

June 30, 2021
By Bettisworth North
Architecture, Community, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture
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Celebrating Solstice: Daylight & Design

Celebrating Solstice: Daylight & Design Design in Alaska seeks to find a balance amongst many unique Northern conditions and project demands. Daylight is one of those challenging Alaskan conditions that requires a thoughtful, deliberate approach to optimize daylight at the extremes of and in between summer and winter solstices. The continuum that our extreme […]

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