by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2003 | Trends
In its design of a new outpatient clinical wing for the Naval Hospital Bremerton, the architectural design firm NBBJ wanted elements that evoked U.S. Navy symbols and traditions. NBBJ’s people had the idea to use fabric as light diffusers and partitions early...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2003 | Trends
Located in the heart of the Crozer-Chester Medical Center and adjacent to the hospital’s main entrance, the new Cancer Center features its own entrance and a new enclosed walkway that connects to the hospital and two adjacent medical office buildings. The...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2003 | Trends
In August 2002, the Naval Hospital Bremerton, near Seattle, opened its new three-story outpatient clinical wing and, simultaneously, moved the hospital both forward and backward in time. The new wing moved it forward by helping Bremerton evolve from just another...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2003 | Trends
Environmentalism has been around for decades, but only within the past few years have its tenets emerged in the building industry as “green,” or sustainable, design. A group called the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has established a green-building rating system,...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2003 | Trends
Today’s changing business environment goes far beyond banking and industryit reaches into our healthcare system and the unique challenges that growth puts on hospital administration. One area that is being stretched to the limits is the healthcare...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2003 | Trends
Unfortunately, the above scenarios exemplify the paradox that exists on many nursing units in a variety of healthcare organizations across the country. The challenge is to design a nursing unit that not only positively influences the guest’s experience, but also...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2003 | Trends
Although they are rarely the focus of attention, nurses have a tremendously important role as healers in the life of any healthcare institution. Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City was fortunate to find a benefactor who understood this. Beatrice Renfield...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2003 | Trends
In the early 1930s, the construction industry considered one death per $1 million spent on construction to be the norm. Worker fatalities, though undesirable, were an accepted corollary to doing business. Some of the workers who built our nation’s most treasured...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2003 | Trends
Safety Flooring Altro Designer 25 heavy-duty safety flooring has been updated to coordinate with and complement many other Altro High Performance flooring products. It is now available in 12 contemporary colors. Altro’s Easyclean Technology does not compromise...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2002 | Uncategorized
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,...
