by Tracey Walker | May 11, 2020 | News
Sleep Train Arena, a defunct indoor arena located in Sacramento, Calif., has been converted into a field hospital for low-acuity COVID-19 patients, according to an article in KCRA 3. The 400-bed temporary facility will house patients who have been discharged from...
by Tracey Walker | May 8, 2020 | News
In partnership with the University of Maryland Medical System, the 400-room Lord Baltimore Hotel in downtown Baltimore hotel has been converted into a temporary care facility, according to an article in WBALTV 11. The temporary facility is housing patients with mild...
by Tracey Walker | May 8, 2020 | News
Davis Partnership Architects, an architecture and interior design firm in Denver, has designed a mobile, transportable clean, clinical environment for rapid response applications. Units are built and scheduled for delivery to Texas and the Southeast United States for...
by Tracey Walker | May 8, 2020 | News
Norton Healthcare Inc. (Louisville, Ky.) has completed a renovation of the fourth floor of Norton Children’s Hospital into the Jennifer Lawrence Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU), a specialized unit for pediatric heart patients requiring intensive care. The new unit...
by Anne DiNardo | May 7, 2020 | Trends
Each day we watch in awe as doctors, nurses, and caregivers bravely take on the greatest public health challenge of our lifetime, putting their own health at risk to save countless lives. As parts of the country are reopening, we recognize that returning to “normal”...
by Jennifer Silvis | May 7, 2020 | News
In the healthcare design response to COVID-19, one of the biggest hurdles to clear is delivering fast, effective building systems and infrastructure. As we see the industry roll out solutions like temporary structures and field hospitals, retrofit existing hospital...
by Tracey Walker | May 7, 2020 | News
Taylor Design, an architecture, interior design, and design strategy firm, has announced healthcare sector promotions across its offices. The promotions include four associates and three senior associates. In the San Francisco office: Mandi Rice has been promoted to...
by Anne DiNardo | May 6, 2020 | Trends
In this column, Healthcare Design asks design professionals to share a recent project their firm has completed for another sector that might inspire similar solutions in healthcare. Here, SOM’s Anthony Treu and Scott Habjan discuss how upping the amenity offerings for...
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,...
