The Snake Alley Rehabilitation Department at Great River Medical Center introduces design elements that break from the stereotypical institutional hospital setting and incorporate flexible, free-flowing spaces that inspire and facilitate holistic healing of the body,...
Cancer Care Ontario's policy to provide “care closer to home” was the genesis for the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre. Located on the campus of Kitchener, Ontario's Grand River Hospital, the center provides exclusively outpatient oncology treatment and relies on...
Project category: New construction (completed September 2003) Chief administrator: James E. Haden, President and CEO, (434) 982-7300 Firm: Kahler Slater Architects, (414) 272-2000 Design team: James G. Rasche, AIA, ACHA, Project Executive, Interior Design; Jennifer...
Project category: Project in progress (March 2007) Chief administrator: Peter Delgado, Chief Executive Officer, (213) 226-2400 Firms: Lee, Burkhart, Liu, (310) 829-2249; Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK), (310) 838-9555 Design team: Ken Lee, Principal-in-Charge; Erich...
As a leader in teaching and research, UCSD Medical Center - Hillcrest is installing a 3T magnet for patient diagnostics within the hospital. A 5,600-square-foot expansion to the radiology department was required for the new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Suite. The...
The NYU Clinical Cancer Center is a new 113,000-square-foot outpatient comprehensive cancer center in a new 13-floor facility. The building allows direct access for patients to advanced research facilities, consolidates various multidisciplinary care programs, and...
Remember all of those hospitals finished in institutional green? It was a color referenced for decades by designers who wanted to get rid of it. Despised as it was, the color was originally conceived for a noble reason: to reduce the effect of “afterimaging,” a...
Microrobotic surgery, virtual visualization, remote patient monitoring—a vast array of advanced medical technologies is about to transform how healthcare is delivered. But that's just the beginning. These new technologies are also transforming the built environment....
Project category: New construction & Remodel/Renovation (completed February 2005) Chief administrator: Dennis Collette, Chief Executive Officer, (973) 579-8300 Firm: Ballinger, (215) 446-0900 Design team: Julia Wirick, AIA, Project Architect, Designer; Kurt Baur,...
The historic Black Building at La Rabida Children's Hospital has been located on Chicago parkland for more than a century. The Lobby and Emergency Treatment renovation project draws attention to the building's point of entry, adds a whimsical and family-friendly tone...
When Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, New Jersey, embarked on the design of a new 147,000-square-foot, seven-story Critical Care Building on its existing campus, there was a commitment to create an environment that focused on patients and their families....
Project category: New construction & Remodel/Renovation (completed July 2004)
Chief administrator: R. John Harris, Chief Executive Officer, (972) 412-2273
Firm: Sterling Barnett Little, Inc., (817) 461-1352
