Project category: New construction (completed May 2006) Chief administrator: Becky Nelson, President, Sanford USD Medical Center, (605) 333-6437 Firm: Ellerbe Becket, Inc., (612) 376-2000 Design team: Jon Buggy, AIA, Principal-in-Charge; Dan Loiselle, Senior...
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SSM St. Clare Health Center [St. Louis, MO]
This $145-million replacement facility will house 158 inpatient care beds, a 100,000-sq.-ft. medical office building, and a 30,000-sq.-ft. ambulatory care center. The campus is designed to create a new healthcare experience, “breathtakingly better” than any other....
Where are the innovators in healthcare?
Aheadline on the Op/Ed page of the July 19, 2007 edition of The Wall Street Journal reads, “Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?” The writer refers to brilliant, effective innovators in other sectors of our economy who have forced sluggish U.S. industries to...
Emory Johns Creek Hospital [Johns Creek, GA]
A challenge was set forth, a design team was selected, and the adventure began. The goal was to design an efficient, smoothly functioning hospital embedded with the grace and comfort of a luxury hotel. Driving every decision was the belief that the patient experience...
Meadville Cancer Care Center [Meadville, PA]
Project category: Project in progress (May 2008) Chief administrator: Anthony J. DeFail, President and CEO, (814) 333-5525 Firm: Astorino, (412) 209-2923 Design team: Architecture, Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Construction, and Design/Build,...
Princess Margaret Hospital—M. Lau Breast Centre [Toronto, ON]
The M. Lau Breast Centre has recently undergone a complete $1.68-million interior renovation. The objective of the project was to recognize patient and staff objectives and upgrade the environment to meet their needs. However, this transformation needed to maintain...
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital—Lakefront Tower [Hamilton, NJ]
Project category: Addition (completed June 2007) Chief administrator: Steve Minogue, Vice-President of Support Services, (609) 586-7900 Firm: Ballinger, (215) 446-0900 Design team: Ed Jakmauh, AIA, ACHA, Principal-in-Charge; Eric Swanson, AIA, Design Principal; Don...
Kaiser Permanente Lincoln MOB [Lincoln, CA]
Project category: New construction (completed October 2006) Chief administrator: Robert M. Pearl, MD, CEO (Northern California), (408) 851-2000 Firm: Chong Partners Architecture, (415) 433-0120 Design team: Architect, Chong Partners Architecture; Strategic...
The Chickasaw Nation Carl Albert Indian Health Facility [Ada, OK]
Project category: Project in progress (January 2010) Chief administrator: Bill Lance, Administrator, (580) 421-4556 Firm: PageSoutherlandPage, (512) 472-6721 Design team: Matthew F. Kreisle, III, AIA, Principal-in-Charge; Lawrence W. Speck, FAIA, Design Principal;...
Harlem Hospital Center [New York, NY]
Project category: Project in Progress (May 2010) Chief administrator: John Palmer, PhD, Executive Director, (212) 939-1340 Firms: Hellmuth Obata + Kassabaum, Inc., (212) 741-1200; Studio JTA, (718) 742-6791 Design team: Lead Architect, Hellmuth Obata...
Otsego Memorial Hospital [Gaylord, MI]
Project category: New construction & Remodel/Renovation (completed August 2006) Chief administrator: Thomas R. Lemon, CEO, (989) 731-2215 Firm: GunnLevine Architects, (313) 873-3861 Design team: Thomas Gunn, AIA, Principal-in-Charge (GunnLevine Architects);...
Beaumont Hospital—4 North-West Cardiac Progressive Care Unit [Troy, MI]
A multidisciplinary team at Beaumont Hospital in Troy, Michigan, designed a 28-bed Cardiac Progressive Care Unit (CPCU) that promotes nurse-patient interaction at the bedside, improving comfort, safety, satisfaction, and family involvement. The CPCU is a hybrid design...











