Edward Heart Hospital was founded on the strength of an existing cardi-ology institute and the vision of an established owner/architect team. Built on an existing Naperville, Illinois, hospital campus, this 71-bed cardiac hospital consists of a 15-bed CCU and two...
The Wuesthoff Medical Center was planned to represent a new model of integrated healthcare. This facility combines a 120-bed inpatient facility with an extensive outpatient diagnostic and treatment center and an integral medical office building. The diagnostic and...
Seeking to create more modern and efficient facilities for Jersey City Medical Center (JCMC), LibertyHealth engaged the services of a joint venture design team to evaluate improvement options for its circa-1930s high-rise buildings. Originally designed to accommodate...
Health Central was designed within the parameters of a 30-year master plan, which details the expansion of the hospital, medical offices, and ancillary components in an integrated health park. Water features, ponds, fountains, trees, and landscaping, as well as...
Project category: Project in progress/Unbuilt (June 2004) Chief administrator: David Hanitchak, Director of Planning and Construction, (617) 724-3581 Firm: Steffian Bradley Architects, (617) 305-7100 Design team: Robert Humenn, AIA, Principal; Linda Haggerty,...
It is evident upon entering the new Birthing Suite at Hazleton General Hospital that this is not a typical “institutional” setting. The unit greets its guests with an atmosphere of warmth, and this initial impression is not merely a façade. The entire unit has been...
This general dentistry practice of Dr. Mark Hammond and Dr. Kathleen vonRoenn traded a 1,200-square-foot, 1960s, high-rise suite for a three-story building renovated for office and medical tenants. Adapted from a meat-packing plant, the project presented design and...
The Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute, located in Johnson County, was designed as an all-encompassing, state-of-the-art, noninstitutional medical facility providing professional, intimate patient care. The goal was to create a “one-stop shop”—an institute combining...
If we pause and take time to reflect on what really matters in our day-to-day activities, then very different scenarios begin to emerge. Sometimes this realization occurs after major change strikes, and we experience epiphanies about the meaning of life. For The...
Mercy Hospital is a licensed, 284-bed community hospital that is part of the Alegent Health system, based in Omaha, Nebraska. In addition to acute care services, the hospital provides behavioral health services. The Mercy Hospital campus includes two medical office...
Amedeo Obici, an Italian immigrant and founder of Planters Peanuts™, named a hospital for his wife, Louise. The existing hospital faced a dilemma like many healthcare providers—existing buildings could not accommodate the changing needs for the delivery of...
In creating a new hospital, our client wanted to develop a world-class facility for pediatric care, focused on the comfort of the family as well as care of the patient. The hospital was to be an environment that differentiated pediatrics—a high-tech yet high-touch...
