I recently stumbled across a book in my library, Form Follows Fiasco, by AIA-award–winning architectural critic Peter Blake. Writing during the mid-1970s, Blake discusses “The Fantasy of Purity”—how some of the sleek creations of the International Style, such as Le...
Several doctors might visit a patient in the same hospital, and if they recommend different medications without consulting each other, they might waste the patient's time and money and, worse yet, jeopardize his or her health. A healthcare facility under construction...
Some of the most spectacular hospitals ever conceived were built more than 80 years ago for treating tuberculosis. From the great TB hospitals of Europe, such as Alvar Aalto's Paimio Sanatorium in Finland, to the modest “cure cottages” of the Adirondacks, the...
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“Run until apprehended” is the mantra of a new hospital project I am involved with. The CEO is not reckless—just the contrary, actually. He is a thoughtful, provocative, and inspiring leader. The goal behind this slogan is to not have the team fall prey to the...
Project Summary Client: Gaston Memorial Hospital Architecture: KMD (Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz, Inc.) General Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease Civil Engineering/Landscape Architecture: ColeJenest & Stone Structural Engineering: ABKJ MEP Engineering: PWI Consulting...
The biggest trends in healthcare are the biggest trends in healthcare interior design: patient safety, wireless technology, and hospitality. They all rely on interior design solutions early in the process to be successful. If you're a hospital stakeholder working on a...
When I was in high school, I enrolled in an art school but, at the last minute decided I wanted to go into medicine instead. Today, as a family practice physician and fine artist, I've been lucky enough to combine both of my life's passions into two careers. I like to...
The healthcare environment, physically and operationally, is in a constant state of transformation—learning from the “recent past” and building on the “just passed.” One significant development in the 1990s was the advent of the universal patient room, a concept that...
This article is the third in a series on healthcare design in the United States and the United Kingdom. In the May 2004 issue (“Lessons From Both Sides of the Pond,” p. 23), Derek Parker contrasted healthcare architecture in the two countries, and in the November 2004...
Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire. —William Butler Yeats Since 1966, we have developed, fostered, and nurtured a dynamic, close, and successful relationship between education and practice at Texas A&M University's College of...
3Smoke evacuation sounder System Sensor's new ExitPoint sounder uses Directional Sound to identify escape routes leading to perimeter exits in the presence of smoke. ExitPoint, fitted in conjunction with normal building evacuation sounders, offers a way to draw people...
