APPROACH



AGILE



The most successful healthcare facilities are ever-changing, dynamic environments. Salus designs such facilities with the 'just right' solution that synthesizes program, space, time, and technology. The focus always remains on people serving people. Creating these solutions is Salus' passion.



RESPONSIVE



With an exclusive focus on healthcare design we analyze, question, reason, and plan to the unique needs of:​ ​

  • Patients - Improving quality of care.
  • Care Providers - Enhancing staff productivity, satisfaction, and LEAN delivery.
  • Client Business - Integrating the specific project into an organization's mission, delivery, and metrics.


COLLABORATIVE



Like our clients, we value innovation and efficiency. We plan each project in detail, identifying those critical moments of essential information: when the coordination and facilitation of stakeholders, engineers, consultants, contractors and others yields a powerful solution.



HEALTH



Like our namesake - the Roman goddess Salus - we're driven by patient healing that our designs serve, and the wellness of our client organizations. We're passionate and active learners of health deliveries, codes, sustainability, and technologies.



TEAM



HEALTHCARE ARCHITECTURE



Our design professionals are highly specialized, educated, and experienced in healthcare design. The Salus team is built on trust, collaboration, and teamwork. We believe that those qualities provide a solid foundation for the management of our projects. Led by industry veteran David Frum, with Principals Dale Anderson and Douglas McNutt, Salus is proud to be the only Puget Sound architecture firm exclusively dedicated to healthcare design.



MAHTA AHMADNIA



ASSOCIATE / PROJECT MANAGER



  • Non-profit & community oriented
  • Efficient, a speedy Gonzalez both in work and drive
  • Expert Knitter


DALE ANDERSON



PRINCIPAL, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, ACHA, EDAC



  • Combines lean functional flow with evidence-based design and sustainability into aesthetically pleasing environments
  • Team Mentor
  • Guitar Master

dale.anderson@salus.archi



R DAVID FRUM



PRESIDENT, FAIA, FACHA



  • Focused on user centered environments
  • Strives to eliminate barriers between care giving and efficient operations
  • Foodie

david.frum@salus.archi



MISSY HOBSON



OFFICE MANAGER



  • Marketing and human resources champion
  • Educated in technical and creative writing
  • Theater Geek


DOUGLAS MCNUTT



PRINCIPAL, AIA



  • Leader in project scope development, medical planning, design, and scheduling
  • 30 years of architectural experience
  • Boat Enthusiast

douglas.mcnutt@salus.archi



BEN PASCHKE



DESIGNER



  • Technically and functionally focused designer
  • Investigator of innovative technologies and techniques to improve performance and efficiency
  • Tabletop Game Fanatic


SANGNI QU



ASSOCIATE / PROJECT MANAGER, EDAC



  • Medical Planning and design focused
  • Detail-oriented
  • World Cuisine Savvy


FERNANDO SANCHEZ-MONTES



DESIGNER



  • Protagonist in the development and implementation of design through technological innovation
  • Firm believer in the growth of Architecture through the continued acquisition of knowledge, self-reflection, and dedication
  • Sports Aficionado


MARCUS WHITENER



ASSOCIATE / PROJECT MANAGER / INTERIOR DESIGNER, NCIDQ



  • Focused on form functional interiors & healing environments
  • Looks for opportunities of innovation & efficiency
  • Secret Nerd


PROJECTS



+300 HEALTHCARE PROJECTS SINCE 2014



Salus is an 8a certified architectural firm exclusively dedicated to healthcare design led by R. David Frum that collaborates with major healthcare institutions, such as Providence -St. Joseph, Swedish Medical Center, Virginia Mason, EvergreenHealth, Kaiser, The Everett Clinic, and The Polyclinic.



NEWS



Is it an Operating Room or is it an Imaging Center? It Depends….


April 5, 2021


More and more Hospitals are recognizing the value of imaging-based surgeries when it comes to their patient care. Trying to determine whether this space is an operating room or a fancy imaging center starts to become a challenge for both Owners and Architects.


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Compounding Pharmacy: Infection Control


January 15, 2021


Whether distributing regionally or acting as an in-house department for a hospital, compounding pharmacies create precious medical medications that must be kept sterile and free of contamination during the entire production process. But how does a pharmacy protect this process?


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Paradigm Shift: Outpatient Services After COVID


September 16, 2020


Healthcare organizations have been working over the past few years on moving services out of the hospitals into outpatient facilities. The pandemic has sped up this process and is taking it further, dispersing clinics further and offering providers alternative locations from where they can practice telehealth.

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Distribution Pharmacies: The In's and Out's


August 11, 2020


A distribution pharmacy serves outpatient facilities throughout a region. It provides a full gamut of medicines: oral, topical and injectable.

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Redesigning Office Space Post Covid-19



May 13, 2020



During this critical period, we have listed some simple design strategies to reduce infection. We have grouped these into three categories: building design elements, mechanical systems and administrative policies.


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Built To Move: Covid-19 and Modular Walls


April 10, 2020


Modular construction is well suited for speedy fabrication and assembly imperative in light of the current Covid-19 pandemic.

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Salus President David Frum Honored with ACHA Fellowship


November 04, 2019


David is only the second in the Pacific NW to be elected as a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Architects.

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King County Executive's Award Finalist


September 26, 2019


Salus Architecture was a Finalist for King County Executive's Small Business Awards

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Salus President David Frum Honored with AIA Fellowship


September 5, 2018


Last spring, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced David Frum of Salus Architecture would be one of six AIA Seattle members "who have made significant national contributions to the profession."

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CONTACT



1511 tHIRD Ave, Suite 1088
seattle, wa 98101

info@salus.archi

206.652.0722








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