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...
With the Healthcare Reform Bill signed into law, hospital and medical-center administrators are scrutinizing design and construction budgets with renewed attention to the bottom line. For healthcare architects and their clients, however, this doesn't mean a return to...
Photo © VanceFox.com Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center, Williamsburg, VA. Although pulling up to a curb and getting “healthcare-to-go” isn't in the foreseeable future, healthcare design that starts at the curb, is. Whether you're a patient or a visitor, a...
Ever come across a product that was so beautifully designed that you just had to comment on it? Whether in terms of appearance, functionality, or both, it showed the work of an ingenious product designer. In this special section, HEALTHCARE DESIGN acknowledges and...
Frank Gehry is probably the most prominent living architect to fit the moniker of the “starchitect.” His design of the Guggenheim Museum transformed the nondescript Basque industrial town of Bilbao into a tourist attraction, and his Disney Concert Hall became built evidence that culture in Los Angeles is not exclusively the domain of Hollywood. The fact that Gehry is now designing the Cleveland Clinic Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas signals that healthcare facilities are becoming architectural icons, on par with opera houses, concert halls, and art galleries.
The Rush University Medical Center is the largest Perkins+Will healthcare project delivered to date using a BIM Platform. It is a 14-floor, $575-million, 806,000-square-foot building with three floors devoted to surgery, imaging, and specialty procedures. The upper floors contain 304 acute and intensive care beds, 72 neonatal intensive care unit beds, and 10 labor and delivery suites. Special considerations were made due to the complexity of the building, program requirements, and its scale to provide the team with the best possible working scenario.
CLIP & Scoop folding chairs are appropriate for a variety of short-term seating applications in healthcare, hospitality, and educational facilities. Both are offered with wall brackets for simple, out-of-the-way storage. Clip is only 1″ deep and has a sturdy steel frame. Scoop is available in wood finishes with seat cushions.
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Though a large portion of Detroit-based photographer Monte Nagler's business is now healthcare-based, it wasn't always that way. For years, black-and-white fine-art photography was the primary drive of Monte Nagler Photography, and it wasn't until he looked to expand...
Nanotechnology has a scientifically hip sound to it. The study of matter at the atomic/molecular level, nanotechnology has broad reaches across many industries, from electronics to energy, agriculture, physics, healthcare, and more. By manipulating atoms and...
I recently came across a blog post from Kaid Benfield, Director, Smart Growth Program, Washington D.C., called “I wish AIA didn’t define ‘green’ so narrowly”. The post was in response to the recent AIA awards for their top 10 green projects of 2010. His objection is...
If you are on a major hospital project and your specifications are "traditional,” you might be on the hook to provide literally tons of attic stock materials to the owner upon completion. Depending upon the project and the owner's needs, this might not be the best use of limited monies available and may also present a storage dilemma. We have all been there when the superintendent waves a hand at a heap of stuff stashed in a penthouse or similar space and says, "It's all yours," to the facilities personnel.
