PROJECT SUMMARY Client: The Center for Discovery Architecture: Guenther 5 Architects, PLLC General Contractor: Storm King Contracting, Inc. Structural Engineering: Dunne & Markis MEP Engineering: Lilker Associates Consulting Engineers, PC NYSERDA's MEP Review...
In the May 2004 issue of HEALTHCARE DESIGN (“Lessons From Both Sides of the Pond,” pp. 23-28), Derek Parker wrote about the similarities and differences between healthcare architecture in the United States and the United Kingdom. In this issue and one to follow, we...
Mike Sherman doesn't send the Green Bay Packers out without a game plan. Similarly, an experienced owner needs a “game plan” for a quality construction project. Preconstruction is the key play. Preconstruction is the arduous honing process of creating the construction...
I recently attended a black-tie hospital fund-raising dinner where the guest donations totaled about $100,000. During dinner I told a story of how I had just found $200,000 worth of energy savings in three hours at a nearby hospital. One of the dinner guests commented...
Master planning is a process that is comprehensive (if conducted properly), time-consuming, and requires soul-searching in determining a “vision” for the future of a hospital or a multihospital organization. It is also a process that has been undergoing significant...
As this article goes to press, we are on the brink of a national presidential election, and the Olympics are only a few weeks behind us. The presidential candidates both have their eyes on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and the Olympic competitors pinned their hopes on a...
Articles emphasizing the importance of good design in healthcare environments are becoming commonplace. Research studies have long suggested a relationship between natural elements—whether an image of a pastoral landscape or a view to an exterior garden—and their...
When the arts draw from one another for inspiration and concepts, it is said that the artists have adopted a new “vocabulary.” A couple of pop-culture examples: MTV's fast-paced music videos use the cinematic vocabulary established by director Richard Lester in his...
Can a building and its technologies be a “practitioner of medicine”? Can they bridge the political, personal, cultural, economic, and distance divide that has contributed to the isolation of Indian and Native peoples from modern medical care? The recently opened...
DeVos Children's Hospital has created the area's first dedicated pediatric radiology department. The new unit includes ultrasound, fluoroscopy, radiography, a sedation suite, waiting rooms, reception, a children's playroom, and adolescent waiting rooms. A nature theme...
Project category: Project in progress (October 2004) Chief administrator: Garth Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, (541) 317-4764 Firm: Marshall Erdman & Associates, (608) 218-6326 Design team: Doug Furry, PE, Principal-in-Charge; Craig Olson, Project Architect;...
Project category: New construction (completed November 2003) Chief administrator: Tony Vines, Chief Executive Officer, (705) 324-6111 Firm: Parkin Architects, Ltd., (416) 467-8000 Design team: John Christie, Project Director, Architect; May Chow, Project Manager;...
