Hy-Vee's top executive, Randy Edeker, walked into a Miami hotel five years ago and saw an innovation that he thought would work in the grocery chain — public restrooms for one. With every large format ...

In recent years, with the accelerated urban development of public spaces in China, public washrooms have been assigned numerous new roles. Designers have come up with a variety of proposals which ...

A large proportion of today’s public restroom users view privacy as an essential amenity. As all-gender restrooms rise in popularity, privacy has taken a fundamental role in restroom design. Although ...

A fully inclusive community welcomes people regardless of age, ability, income, or ethnic background. Architecture plays a foundational role in the spatial framework that either facilitates or ...

Google the phrase “washroom design trends” and you get results that include – functional design, ADA compliance, low-maintenance materials, privacy, transgender accommodation and warm, high-end feel.

This article was originally published by Metropolis Magazine as "Why Architects Must Rethink Restroom Design in Schools." "Gang style" bathrooms, in which rows of stalls are installed opposite rows of ...

Two Hamilton-based architects have won a global competition with a sustainable and accessible design that reimagines Toronto’s public washrooms. Earlier this year, local advocacy group Toronto Public ...

As the quick-service market becomes more hypercompetitive, many brands are upgrading their brick and mortar facilities as a means of improving the consumer experience and differentiating themselves ...

Germaphobes rejoice! Public restrooms may soon become a much more sanitary place than they have been in the past thanks to the effects of COVID-19. As the novel coronavirus spread rapidly around the ...

Superintendent Demetrius Liggins included this rendering in his presentation to a legislative committee in Frankfort, Aug. 20, 2024. Republican state lawmakers grilled the Fayette County Public ...