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Project category: Addition (completed February 2012)

Chief administrator: Peter Arn, Vice President of Capital Improvements/Campus Services, (410) 601-9000

Firm: Hord Coplan Macht, (410) 837-7311

Design team: Lee Coplan, AIA, Principal, Healthcare Studio Director; Scott Robison, AIA, Principal-in-Charge; Scott Davis, Project Manager; Rolf Haarstad, Project Designer; Brantley Davis, Architect; Sean Hughes, Architect; Amanda Fisher, Architect

Photography: Patrick Ross Photography

Total building area (sq. ft.): 57,000

Project category: New construction (completed June 2011)

Chief administrator: Peter Daniels, President & Chief Executive Officer, (630) 833-1400

Firms: Albert Kahn Associates, Inc., (313) 202-7000; Pratt Design Studio, (773) 755-2000

Project category: Remodel/Renovation (completed January 2012)

Chief administrator: Michael N. Rosenblut, President and CEO, (718) 289-2351

Firm: Tobin Parnes Design, (212) 462-4200

Design team: Carol Tobin, Principal; Robert Parnes, Principal; Tim Kincer, Project Manager; Andrea Reay, Interior Designer; Joanne McGevna, Interior Designer; Scott Press, Assistant Project Manager

Photography: Vanni Archive

Total building area (sq. ft.): 291,000

Construction cost/sq. ft.: Not available

Project category: Remodel/Renovation (completed December 2011)

Chief administrator: Tom Sondergeld, Director, Employee Health Strategy and Innovation, (847) 315-2500

Firm: Albert Kahn Associates, Inc., (313) 202-7000

Design team: Architecture, Engineering & Interior Design (Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.)

Photography: © Beth Singer Photographer

Total building area (sq. ft.): 34,663

Construction cost/sq. ft.: $161

Total construction cost (excluding land): $5,582,273

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