A special delivery arrived at Mount Sinai Hospital in May when four new self-care hospitality suites opened on the Toronto hospital’s 17th floor. The pilot program is designated for pregnant women who are not acutely ill but who are at risk of needing immediate access to care due to a complicated pregnancy.
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PHOTO TOUR: MemorialCare Medical Foundation
The 20,000-square-foot MemorialCare Medical Foundation in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., is designed to create a new facility model that positions physician services, ambulatory procedures, testing, and wellness programs in a convenient, accessible location to patients and visitors.
FACE TIME: Mezio Zangirolami
In 1997, Mezio Zangirolami began a student internship at FKP Architects—and never left.
Now a senior vice president, he’s the firm’s go-to guy for the design of Seacrest Studios, having served as design and technical lead on seven of the 10 radio/TV studios built to date at pediatric hospitals across the country.
FIRST LOOK: University of Vermont Medical Center’s Robert E. and Holly D. Miller Building
The University of Vermont Medical Center (Burlington, Vt.) broke ground on a new $187 million inpatient bed building in June. The Robert E. and Holly D. Miller Building was approved in 2016 and is slated for completion in 2019.
Conversation Starters: Using Art To Spark New Discussions At Springfield University Hospital
Artwork programs have come a long way toward being recognized as a vital part of a warm and inviting healthcare setting that promotes healing.
However, appropriate safety concerns in behavioral healthcare facilities have left some facilities in this sector lagging behind. London artist Tim A. Shaw and curator Niamh White saw this firsthand while visiting a friend in a mental health unit.
FIRST LOOK: Sports Therapy and Research Center At The Star
North Texans will soon have a new destination for sports medicine and athletic training when the 300,000-square-foot Sports Therapy and Research Center opens in early 2018.
The sports performance, research, and wellness center is located adjacent to the Dallas Cowboys’ new world headquarters in Frisco, Texas, and is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between the Dallas Cowboys and Baylor Scott & White Health (Dallas) that’s expected to serve up to 50,000 visitors annually.
Showcase 2016: Josie Robertson Surgery Center, MSK Cancer Center, New York
Creating a new ambulatory surgery center for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, in New York, with a 100-by-115-foot footprint on a tight urban site required the design team to rethink traditional planning strategies and go vertical rather than horizontal.
The project, submitted by Perkins Eastman, earned an honorable mention in the 2016 Healthcare Design Showcase.
Showcase 2016: University Medical Center New Orleans, New Orleans
The opening of the new 2.3 million-square-foot University Medical Center New Orleans in August 2015 helped restore clinical healthcare services to New Orleans and formed the cornerstone of a new medical corridor, all of which were lost during Hurricane Katrina.
The project, submitted by NBBJ, earned an honorable mention in the 2016 Healthcare Design Showcase.
PHOTO TOUR: Baptist Emergency at Town Center
Seeking to move the “front door” of its hospitals closer to where its patients live and work, Baptist Health of Northeast Florida engaged Gresham, Smith and Partners (Jacksonville, Fla.) to design multiple freestanding emergency departments (ED), as the new building type began emerging in the Florida healthcare market.
Showcase 2016: Florida Hospital for Women, Orlando, Fla.
Florida Hospital Healthcare System’s new women’s hospital is designed to be a holistic women’s healthcare facility that complements the existing architecture on the flagship’s main campus and allows for new synergies of care.
Showcase 2016: ProMedica Health and Wellness Center, Sylvania, Ohio
Bringing together 11 physician practices into one location gave ProMedica Health and Wellness Center in Sylvania, Ohio, the opportunity to improve operational efficiencies while creating a sense of place within the community.
Class Act: University of California San Diego Health System Outpatient Pavilion
Scheduled to open in spring 2017, the new 154,000-square-foot outpatient pavilion at the University of California San Diego will support the new Jacobs Medical Center and serve as the outpatient hub for UCSD’s La Jolla Health Sciences campus.
The four-story facility will house an ambulatory surgery center with eight ORs, outpatient radiology services, and several interoperable clinics focused on such fields as cancer, apheresis, and stem cell treatment.



















