by Tracey Walker | May 6, 2020 | News
The Wisconsin State Fair Park, in West Allis, Wisc., has been transformed into a COVID-19 alternate care site to help relieve potential surge at state hospitals, according to an article in Fox11News. The facility can accommodate 754 beds. Each patient space will...
by Tracey Walker | May 5, 2020 | Projects
Perched on the Lake Superior shore of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Marquette, Mich., is one of the snowiest cities in the continental U.S., averaging more than 150 inches of snow a year. That white blanket had a major impact on the design of UP Health System–Marquette,...
by Tracey Walker | May 5, 2020 | Projects
Heavy snowfall wasn’t the only natural phenomenon that had a major impact on the design of the UP Health System–Marquette hospital. Another was the huge flocks of migratory birds traversing the skies overhead, both as they head south for the winter and back home in...
by Tracey Walker | May 5, 2020 | News
A gymnasium at Miyamura High School in Gallup, N.M., has reopened as an alternative care for COVID-19 patients, according to an article in the NM Political Report. The facility features 60 patient pods separated by medical curtains; each unit includes an electrical...
by Tracey Walker | May 4, 2020 | Trends
As I write this, we’re in the early stages of trying to understand what the COVID-19 pandemic means to us as an industry, as well as personally. I hope the uncertainty, fear, and virus is behind us soon; however, there’s a chance we’ll be a community threaded together...
by Anne DiNardo | May 4, 2020 | Trends
As the COVID-19 pandemic is teaching us, it’s difficult for the healthcare sector to fully predict, let alone prepare for, the future. Yet changes over the past few years—and even the last couple months—offer insight into what tomorrow holds when it comes to...
by Tracey Walker | May 4, 2020 | News
Hassell (Melbourne, Australia), a multidisciplinary architecture, design and urban planning practice, has hired Leanne Guy as health sector leader and principal. Guy has a nursing and interior design background; her 20-year-plus career includes working on hospital...
by Tracey Walker | May 1, 2020 | Trends
The full life cycle of a new healthcare facility project from concept through design, construction, and opening can range anywhere from 3-10 years. During this time, project activities change hands a number of times: from the design team to the construction team to...
by Tracey Walker | May 1, 2020 | Trends
It’s hard to believe how much our world has changed since the last issue of Healthcare Design, and how much it may stand to change in the time between penning this letter and the magazine making its way to you. The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a rapid evolution in the...
by Tracey Walker | May 1, 2020 | News
Developer Reef Group (London) is planning to transform Cavendish Square, a public garden square in London, into a subterranean mixed-use health and wellness hub. The hub will feature clinical, spa, and fitness facilities, as well as restaurants, bars and retail...
