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Provena Mercy Medical Center AURORA, IL

Provena Mercy Medical Center has just completed a 16,000-sq.-ft. renovation/relocation project for its ICU, which was previously located on the fifth floor of the hospital, where patient flow from the ORs was a major concern. The new ICU is located on the first floor...

Mat-Su Regional Medical Center PALMER, AK

Project category: New construction (completed January 2006) Chief administrator: Norman Stephens, CEO, (907) 861-6000 Firm: Ascension Group Architects, (817) 226-1917 Design team: Rod Booze, AIA, NCARB, ACHA, Principal/Architect (Ascension Group Architects); Jay Hyde,...

Trinitas Comprehensive Cancer Center ELIZABETH, NJ

In early 2000, Elizabeth General Hospital merged with St. Elizabeth Hospital to form Trinitas Hospital. Previously, cancer care was split between the two campuses. Housing Radiation and Medical Oncology programs, the new 49,000-sq.-ft. Cancer Center was designed as a...

The importance of looking around

One of my favorite characters in all of literature is Howard Roark, the über-architect protagonist of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. As many, if not most, of our readers know, Roark is beholden to no one for inspiration, guidance, or approval in creating his designs. He...

Anadolu Medical Center GEBZE, TURKEY

Affiliated with Johns Hopkins Medicine, Anadolu Medical Center was master planned to include a six-level medical center with a hospital, rehabilitation center, medical office building, medical research institute, nursing college, hotel, nurses' residence, staff...

growth amid solitude

Overlooking the busy North Shore of Lake Superior, the Lakewalk Surgery Center is a vision of perfect solitude. Nestled directly on the lake's scenic lakewalk in Duluth, Minnesota, the recently renovated medical arts facility offers patients and physicians a...

Fairview Hospital CLEVELAND, OH

Project category: New construction & Remodel/Renovation (completed January 2006) Chief administrator: Paul Slebodnik, Vice-President of Operations, (216) 476-4878 Firm: Hasenstab Architects, Inc., (330) 434-4464 Design team: Mark A. Ohlinger, AIA,...

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