This year's AIA National Convention in sweltering Miami marks my first attendance at the show. While our focus atHEALTHCARE DESIGN is obviously healthcare, shows like AIA help provide a broad picture of the state of architecture, and healthcare's place in it. This has...
They go by several names—MOBs, (medical office buildings), POBs (physicians office buildings), Ambulatory Services, or even Retail Medical—but all of our clients are giving consideration to including these facilities in their strategic plans, whether on campus or in the outlying parts of their service areas. There are business implications to consider: Will this space be regulated or not regulated under state laws?
Anyone familiar with corporate “enterprise systems” has witnessed the benefit of companies sharing standard, commoditized, accounting, payroll, shipping/receiving, human resources, and training programs. These organization-wide packaged applications—or platforms—keep...
There was an op-ed last month in the New York Times that takes on the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED program and certification. In it, author Alec Applebaum argues that LEED certification is little more than a snapshot taken at the time of the building’s...
Eco-intelligent polyester Eco-Intelligent PC Recycled Polyester with Agion from Victor Group features postconsumer recycled polyester with Agion antimicrobial technology extruded into the fiber. Certified Cradle-to-Cradle Silver by MBDC, this offers an environmentally...
Regular readers of my column might remember last month's edition, titled “The Whole of Healthcare.” As a refresher, I explained our choice to feature a “nontraditional” facility-in this case, the City of Hope Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for Cancer...
Ed Eckstein/Photographer The relationship between a community and a healthcare institution can span lifetimes and bring people together. Such was the collaboration between Doylestown Hospital in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and the James A. Michener Art Museum to bring...
Jonnu Singleton Photography Façade Detail, Kaiser Permanente Rejuve(n)ate Café Jonnu Singleton Photography Sunset Boulevard exterior at dusk, Kaiser Permanente Rejuve(n)ate Café Harbans Ghatoade A series of projects for Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles demonstrate...
When talking about healthcare design, our focus most often is on the patient’s overall well being, and of course their quick and full recovery. Every design choice usually reflects the patient’s experience first and foremost, and then, in some cases, comes the needs...
It's looking more and more as though sustainable design has become about as mainstream as it can get. When I first started “The Green Column” department in this magazine nine years ago, in all honesty, I intended it as an obligatory nod to a newly emerging field that...
PROJECT SUMMARY Completion Date: April 2010 Hospital Administration: James E. Tyler, Vice-President/Hospital CEO Architecture and Interior Design: Architectural Alternatives, Inc., Carilion Design Group MEP Engineering: Harrell, Saltrick & Hopper Structural...
Throughout our lives, we meet a smattering of memorable people who leave their imprint on us and sometimes even on who we become as people. I think this is especially true in the healthcare and design industry; an industry that is full of extraordinary people and...
