In 2025, nonprofit community health provider North East Medical Services (NEMS) opened a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Center in San Jose, Calif. The project renovated a former single-story commercial shell into a comprehensive center for healthcare and wellness services for local seniors—earning the Transformation and Innovation Award in IIDA’s 2025 Healthcare Design Awards.
In delivering the new facility, the project team not only had to address the existing physical building conditions but also a patient population reluctant to seek care, says Kristoffer Tendall, design director at IA's NorCal studio.