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Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast DESTIN, FL

Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast is a 50-bed acute care hospital owned by the Sacred Heart Health System of Pensacola, Florida. Its two-floor design successfully captures the resort image prevalent in this seaside community in the Florida panhandle. Beyond...

The Elements of a Caring Environment

Contributing Authors NATURE: Jerry Smith, ASLA Senior Landscape Architect, Karlsberger Companies, Inc. COLOR: Barbara Dellinger, IIDA Principal/Director of Design, Oudens + Knoop Architects, PC HEALTHY BUILDINGS: Robin Guenther, AIA Principal, Guenther 5...

Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital OMAHA, NE

Our client wanted to create a facility providing the most innovative surgical care in an environment devoted to patient comfort. The project provides for growth of services and reflects the vision of providing a personalized, patient-focused care environment. The...

Spring Harbor Hospital WESTBROOK, ME

“It's awesome,” one young adolescent patient said upon arrival. “It's cheery, bright, and there's even a playground!” Maine's newest freestanding psychiatric facility, Spring Harbor Hospital, is for people of all ages who experience serious episodes of mental illness...

The bar has been raised…

I recently read in one of the many monthly magazines I subscribe to (with all good intention of reading them when they arrive) about the scientific theory of the “expectation factor.” I was intrigued because I have long believed that to achieve we need to “keep our...

Applying Design and Color to Healing

Theories of design and color and their effect on healing have been circulating for centuries. The challenge of putting these theories into practice today lies in gathering disparate pieces of information to reach a design solution that exceeds patient, provider, and...

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