In a recent conversation with a peer, I was taken aback when I heard her say that places like dentist offices, eye clinics, and the like weren't “real” healthcare facilities. Where else would such buildings be categorized? Inspired by this conversation, this month's...
Interior designers being described as “cushion plumpers”? I can only imagine how Jain Malkin, Tama Duffy Day, or Betsy Brawley would react. Their stirring creative work has been published in several issues of HEALTHCARE DESIGN and sister publication Long-Term Living...
We shape our buildings, and afterwards, our buildings shape us.” (Churchill, 1943). This is a concept that has existed for centuries, yet to this day many healthcare executives are still realizing the shortcomings of the built environment after the building is in use....
Designed by Perkins+Will, the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for Cancer Immunotherapeutics and Tumor Immunology is a unique piece of City of Hope, one of the nation's leading cancer research, treatment, and education centers. Housing 119,000 square feet of...
H+L Architecture, in association with Zimmer Gunsel Frasca Architects, started designing a new facility for The Children's Hospital (TCH) at the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado, in 2003. This not only presented an opportunity to create a...
Architectural glass Skyline Design's 12 new patterns in kid's glass art collection encourage interactivity and creative play. “Try-on” different hairstyles by peeking though artwork on eco-etch translucent glass panels. Complete a Maze, or Connect The Dots with...
This issue is dedicated to interior design and interior product innovations. Innovation comes slowly in the health design field. We seem to make little progress on new design concepts when the risk of failure is high and the cost unjustifiable. How many times do you...
National University Hospital (NUH) in Singapore began planning in 2009 for their new 775,000-square-foot medical center-home of the new National University Cancer Institute of Singapore project (NCIS) and the Specialty Outpatient Clinics (SOCs). Their mission was to...
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital Cardiac Hybrid OR Portland, OR GARY WILSON PHOTO/GRAPHIC Advanced imaging technologies are combined with state-of-the-art cardiac surgical procedures in this cardiac suite designed to support the advanced integration of the entire...
Construction management is a “paper-lovin' business.” Big paper, too, with stacks of 30″ x 42″ sheets that are scrutinized, scribbled on, copied, or extracted to Excel spreadsheets for others to work from over the course of days or weeks. What if all that paper...
One of the first steps in planning a healthcare facility is the steering committee's development of a set of guiding principles that will help the committee and its project team make the decisions required for the project to fulfill the institution's mission and...
Family involvement has become a major driver in improving the modern healthcare experience. Evidence-based design studies suggest that the human connection benefits the patient, the patient's loved ones, and the clinical caregiver. The healthcare industry has openly...
