SENIOR LIVING

Our Senior Living team works to enhance active lifestyles that foster independence, wellbeing, and connection with peace of mind. Our designs celebrate living at every stage and erase age-old boundaries that separate and isolate. Housing touches our lives in the most intimate ways and thoughtful design directly contributes to both physical and emotional wellness. It is our goal to design environments that are uplifting, engage residents, and embrace what comes next in the future of aging.

Longevity Living® is SmithGroup’s forward‑looking approach to senior living design, shifting the focus from age to aspiration. Informed by emerging research on health span and wellbeing, it centers on purpose, independence, connection and environments that help people live well—longer. This philosophy emphasizes holistic wellness and supportive, ability‑focused environments at every stage of life. By prioritizing lifestyle over age, Longevity Living elevates the resident experience through engagement, multigenerational connection and joy. Building on decades of leadership across independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing and memory care, SmithGroup continues to redefine the future of aging with lifestyles that empower people to thrive with dignity, choice and community.

PROJECTS

The Watermark Napa Valley — Calligraphy Napa Valley
Extolling the region’s wine, cuisine and idyllic Mediterranean climate, the Napa Valley lifestyle sets the tone for this stylish retirement community — redefining the senior living concept.
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OUR TEAM

SmithGroup’s Senior Living team designs innovative environments that help older adults live well—longer. Grounded in our Longevity Living® philosophy, we create senior living communities that emphasize health span, independence, connection and holistic wellness. Our integrated team of architects, planners, designers, engineers and researchers brings deep expertise in senior living design—from independent living and assisted living to skilled nursing and memory care.

For more than 40 years, we’ve partnered with nonprofit and for profit organizations on more than 50 projects to deliver next‑generation environments that support aging in place, strengthen community and empower residents to thrive at every stage of life.