The International Interior Design Association (IIDA; Chicago) named the winners of its 2023 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards, which recognize originality and excellence in design and furnishings in healthcare spaces.
Projects were reviewed by a panel of healthcare design professionals, including Lilliana Alvarado, founder and principal, Uphealing Inc. (Bedford, N.H.); Aimee Burmaster Hicks, principal and interior design director, Page (Dallas); and Stephanie Fallon, director of interiors, PhiloWilke Partnership (Houston).
Submissions were judged in specific categories, including ambulatory, hospitals, and extended care and assisted living facilities. For 2023, Essentia Health, St. Mary’s Medical Center, in Duluth, Minn., by firm EwingCole, was named Best of Competition.
The Transformation and Innovation Award was given to Community of Hope Family Health and Birth Center, in Washington, D.C., by firm Gensler.
Here’s a list of all the 2023 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards:
Ambulatory — Cancer Center
Project: FirstHealth of the Carolinas – Moore Regional Hospital Cancer Center, Pinehurst, N.C.
Firm: CPL, Charlotte, N.C.
Ambulatory — Pediatric
Project: Tandläkargruppen Täby Centrum, Stockholm, Täby, Sweden
Firm: Living Design of Sweden, Stockholm, Stocksund, Sweden
Project: St. Jude Family Commons, Memphis, Tenn.
Firm: ICRAVE, New York
Ambulatory — Specialty Clinic
Project: Community of Hope Family Health and Birth Center, Washington, D.C.
Firm: Gensler, Washington, D.C.
Extended Care and Assisted Living Facilities — Independent Living
Project: Corso Atlanta, Atlanta
Firm: THW Design, Atlanta
Hospitals — Academic/Teaching
Project: Atrium Health David L. Conlan Center at Carolinas Rehabilitation, Charlotte, N.C.
Firm: NBBJ, Columbus, Ohio
Hospitals — Community
Project: Essentia Health, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Duluth, Minn.
Firm: EwingCole, Philadelphia
Project: Acibadem Atasehir Hospital, Ataşehir, Istanbul, Türkiye
Firm: Gensler, New York
Hospitals — Pediatric
Project: Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s, Los Angeles
Firm: HGA, Santa Monica
Project: Renown Health Regional Campus, Tahoe Tower Level 5 NICU/PICU, Reno, Nev.
Firm: Perkins&Will, Dallas
Hospitals — Psychiatric
Project: Children’s Pavilion, Norfolk, Va.
Firm: Array Architects, Conshohocken, Pa.
Hospitals — Women’s
Project: Virginia Mason Birthing Center, Seattle
Firm: Perkins&Will, Seattle
