Operating at full capacity in one of the fastest-growing population centers in the United States, the Medical Center of Plano and owner HCA realized the need for a major expansion and renovation to the existing facility. When the original facility was built in 1974,...
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Bronson Methodist Hospital, Replacement Campus Kalamazoo, MI
The new full-service Bronson Methodist Hospital, Replacement Campus, is a paradigm of innovative healthcare design. The complex reflects new operational initiatives, is adaptable for future changes and creates a healing environment for the patient, family and...
Children's Harbor Family Center/Children's Research & Innovation Birmingham, AL
When The Children's Hospital of Birmingham, Alabama, reached its physical capacity, expansion was the only solution. The hospital, situated at the confluence of two hospital campuses and the industrial edge of the city, purchased all properties on the city block to...
Edgar and JoAnn Jones Women's Diagnostic Center at Tri-City Medical Center Oceanside, CA
The benefactor, Mrs. JoAnn Jones, stated the project's goal: “To create a sensitive environment so that when women visited for the first time, they would step inside and know immediately they were in the right place and would be taken care of.” The benefactor,...
NorthEast Medical Center—Café 920 Concord, NC
PROJECT CATEGORY Single Space or Feature and Remodel/Renovation (completed April 2001) CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR Larry Hinsdale, CEO, (704) 783-1384 FIRM FreemanWhite, Inc., (704) 523-2327 DESIGN TEAM Bruce Moore, AIA, Project Manager PHOTOGRAPHY Tim Buchman BED CAPACITY...
Lawrence and Idell Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center (Detroit Medical Center) Farmington Hills, MI
The Lawrence and Idell Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center was crafted to improve both the patient's and family's experiences during the long process of cancer treatment. The desire of Detroit Medical Center was to create a convenient, comfortable environment in which...
St. Luke's Helen G. Nassif Center for Women's and Children's Health Cedar Rapids, IA
PROJECT CATEGORY New Construction (completed May 2001) CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR Mary Kalkoff, RN, Executive Director, Women's and Children's Services, (319) 369-7211 FIRM Ellerbe Becket, (612) 376-2000 DESIGN TEAM Doug Westby, Lead Architect and Medical Planner; Christine...
Koke Mill Medical Center Springfield, IL
Memorial Health System and the Orthopaedic Center of Illinois (OCI) together envisioned the Koke Mill Medical Center. Besides housing OCI, the Center would be able to offer advanced medical treatment in a new Mammography Center; Outpatient Physical, Occupational and...
Long Island Jewish Medical Center—Ambulatory Chemotherapy Transfusion Unit New Hyde Park, NY
Treatment of cancer patients has been characterized as requiring personalized care coupled with technology and humanity. The administration of a rigorous program of chemotherapy requires a facility that will help mitigate the stress and anxiety experienced by patients...
United Hospital Center—Chapel Replacement Clarksburg, WV
PROJECT CATEGORY Single Space or Feature (completed February 2001) CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR Bruce C. Carter, CEO, (304) 624-2891 FIRM BSA Design, (317) 819-7878 DESIGN TEAM Kalevi Huotilainen, Principal; Eugene Schuler, Principal; Diana Ricks, Interior Designer PHOTOGRAPHY...
Memorial Medical Center North Tower Addition Modesto, CA
Keeping up with growth is one thing. Staying ahead of it is another. But the most critical challenge facing Memorial Medical Center, a not-for-profit community hospital, was strategically addressing all that growth entails—growth in its market, its medical program and...
The Birth Place at St. Anthony Regional Hospital Carroll, IA
The birth of a baby is a joyous, celebrated occasion and ideally happens in a sacred or special place. While modern medicine has dramatically improved the health of mother and baby before, during and after birth, a cold, institutional setting can detract from this...











