Project category: New construction (completed June 2006) Chief administrator: Kenneth D. Graham, CEO, (650) 940-7000 Firm: Chong Partners Architecture, (415) 433-0120 Design team: Architecture, Chong Partners Architecture; General Contracting, Vance Brown Builders;...
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El Camino Hospital [Mountain View, CA]
Early in the visioning process for El Camino's replacement hospital, the entire hospital community concluded that El Camino would “create the preferred community healthcare destination of Silicon Valley, focused on innovation and the individualized patient experience:...
Saint Francis Health & Wellness Center—Fitness Plus [Cape Girardeau, MO]
Saint Francis Health & Wellness Center's Fitness Plus is a state-of-the-art facility offering services that fit everyone's unique health profiles and wellness goals. The newly created facility supports the programs and services of a successful medical fitness...
Paoli Hospital [Paoli, PA]
Paoli Hospital in suburban Philadelphia is undertaking the expansion of its campus. The four-story addition will provide a new entrance, 124 patient rooms including 16 Critical Care and 14 Progressive Care beds, a new Operating Suite, and Emergency Department. Its...
Edward Plainfield Outpatient Center [Plainfield, IL]
Project category: New construction (completed August 2006) Chief administrator: Pamela Meyer Davis, President & CEO, (630) 527-3000 Firm: Matthei & Colin Associates, (312) 939-4002 Design team: Pamela Meyer Davis, President & CEO; Marilyn Daley,...
Magee-Womens Research Institute Expansion [Pittsburgh, PA]
Project category: Addition (completed April 2007) Chief administrator: Anthony J. DeFail, President and CEO, (814) 333-5525 Firm: Astorino, (412) 765-1700 Design team: Complete Architecture and Engineering (MEP, Structural, Telecomm, and Security), Astorino;...
The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital—Heart and Vascular Center [Greensboro, NC]
To better serve the growing population in Greensboro and the Triad area of North Carolina, The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital required an upgrade to its existing cardiac care facilities. An area of a new facility was also needed to house a joint venture between the...
Creating an ergonomically sound work environment
Use of electronic medical data, digital imaging, and wireless communication in healthcare has significantly increased the speed and accuracy of providing care. These technologies have also dramatically changed the process, workflow, and tasks performed by many...
Children's Cancer Hospital [Cairo, Egypt]
The Children's Cancer Hospital was built on a budget created and funded solely through private donations. It provides a new standard of healthcare excellence for the children of Egypt by blending the desired U.S. model of healthcare delivery with the region's local...
A summary of Color in Healthcare Environments: A Critical Review of the Research Literature
As a San Diego-based professional interior designer for the past 30-plus years, I understand only too well that color is a fundamental element of the design environment. We have created millions of square feet of healthcare environments for our acute-care and...
Toronto Health and Wellness Centre [Toronto, ON]
With Cleveland Clinic Canada's Toronto Health and Wellness Centre occupying the entire 30th floor of a 47-story office tower, the design team sought to take advantage of this prime space and express the best that Cleveland Clinic has to offer through the project's...
Potomac Hospital [Woodbridge, VA]
This new four-story, 150-bed Patient Tower/Education Center addition at Potomac Hospital replaces Potomac's original Medical/Surgical Units and Intensive Care Unit dating back to the hospital's founding in 1972. The addition consists of a Garden Level for support...











