The Thomas Memorial Hospital Medical Pavilion is a two-phase project consisting of a new Ambulatory Care Facility, Phase 1, and a future Clinical Pavilion, Phase 2. The Ambulatory Care Facility creates a new entry point to the hospital for outpatient services. The...
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NYU Clinical Cancer Center NEW YORK, NY
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...
What is the next ‘institutional green’?
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...
Designing for the new communications technology
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....
Newton Memorial Hospital NEWTON, NJ
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,...
La Rabida Children's Hospital CHICAGO, IL
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...
Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center—Critical Care Building CAMDEN, NJ
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....
Lake Pointe Medical Center ROWLETT, TX


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
Ranken Jordan Pediatric Rehabilitation Center MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO
Project category: New construction (completed December 2004) Chief administrator: Laureen K. Tanner, President and CEO, (314) 872-6401 Firm: 527 Architects, PC, (314) 821-8900 Design team: Steve Hunsicker, Principal Architect; Elizabeth Osterhage, Project Manager;...
CyberKnife Center, Saint Joseph's Hospital, HealthEast Care System SAINT PAUL, MN
Project category: Remodel/Renovation (completed September 2003) Chief administrator: Scott Batulis, Chief Executive Officer, (651) 232-3611 Firm: HGA, (612) 758-4337 Design team: Dennis Vonasek, Architect; Christine Vickery, Senior Interior Designer; Kelli Miller,...
Grand River Regional Cancer Centre KITCHENER, ON
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...
Outpatient Care Center at Martha Jefferson Hospital CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
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...











