Project Summary Project Name: Claire Tow Pediatric Day Hospital Architecture: Granary Associates Project Team: John J. Cummiskey, Principal-in-Charge; Mahmoud Mehrabian, AIA, Project Executive; Pierre Trombert, Design Director; James D. May III, Project Architect;...
With hospitals currently spending billions of dollars annually on new construction and remodeling, it is increasingly important for healthcare industry leaders to view their dollars as an investment that yields measurable results. This applies to the clinical,...
The goals of many healthcare facility upgrades, expansions, and renovations in the Interior Health Authority of British Columbia, Canada, are much the same as elsewhere: to improve the quality and delivery of care, increase staff recruitment and retention, and...
Many architects and their clients share a common lament: “The building didn't turn out the way we hoped.” While the usual list of suspects—budget, time frame, operational requirements, regulations, team dynamics, and (my personal favorite) impracticality—are trotted...
Stick your neck out, and your odds of winning are at least 50/50. You can increase those odds by careful preparation, by constant learning, and by striving to stretch your own boundaries. —Jim Whittaker It's not often that, as an adult, you get to go to...
In the healthcare design world, we are living in what a Chinese philosopher once called “interesting times”—and pronounced them a “curse.” There is no question that “interesting times” are characterized by a host of new ideas, of new ways of doing things. And the...
In 1991 I began creating what I call Solar Spectrum Environmental Artworks, using prisms and mirrors to harness the sun's power to create rainbows in architectural spaces where people live and work. Four years later I asked the great American scientist Dr. Jonas Salk,...
Philosophy The guiding research and educational philosophy of Texas A&M University's Architecture for Health program, which was established in 1966, is for its students and faculty to undertake actual case-study projects with clients who have real needs, real...
Banners and sunscreens Rainier can provide fabric displays for any environment. Unique print or appliqué banners of any size or shape provide wayfinding; AdShades serve simultaneously as sunscreens and advertising. The company provided Virginia Mason, a Seattle...
Just as a team approach is used to treat a serious medical condition, a team effort can result in a more effective wayfinding system for a complex healthcare environment. Unfortunately, teams can sometimes play shorthanded. The need for a new wayfinding system usually...
For years Erminia (Mimi) Guarneri, MD, has, like Don Quixote, been battling windmills. Frustrated by the limitations of conventional medicine in keeping her cardiology patients from returning for yet another balloon angioplasty or stent, she knew there had to be a...
As the operating costs of medical office buildings (MOBs) continue to rise, creating an efficient MOB can help control expenses, as well as make life easier for patients and physicians. When planning an MOB for optimal efficiency and function, the first step is to...
