by Robert McCune | Nov 25, 2025 | News
Healthcare Design is now accepting entries for the 2026 Interior Design Competition, which spotlights projects that elevate interiors in healthcare environments. The deadline for entries is Dec. 17, with presentations due Jan. 14, 2026. Criteria for the recognition...
by Robert McCune | Nov 25, 2025 | Trends
Healthcare Design looks back on the past year’s Take 5 blogs from leading healthcare design professionals to explore what issues were driving conversations across the industry. Here are five takeaways that stood out. Hyper-personalization via AI In the future, the...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 25, 2025 | Trends
Air handling units (AHUs) are a critical component of any healthcare facility’s HVAC system, conditioning, filtering, and distributing air to various hospital areas. In 2020, the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Health Sciences University (DHSU), formerly...
by Robert McCune | Nov 24, 2025 | News
City of Hope Orange County Cancer Specialty Hospital in Irvine, Calif., is set to open before the end of the year, according to The Orange County Register. Part of a 72-acre academic research campus, the 6-story, 174,000-square-foot specialty hospital will connect to...
by Robert McCune | Nov 24, 2025 | News
Healthcare provider HCA Florida (Tampa, Fla.) is on track to open HCA Florida Gainesville Hospital in Gainesville, Fla., in spring 2026, according to The Gainesville Sun. The $230 million facility is an expansion of the existing 523-bed HCA Florida North Florida...
by Robert McCune | Nov 21, 2025 | News
The North South Wales (NSW) Government is seeking public input on a project to redevelop Grafton Base Hospital in Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, according to a news release. The redevelopment will include a new 3-story acute care building with an expanded day...
by Robert McCune | Nov 21, 2025 | News
SmithGroup (San Francisco) has appointed Vince Avallone to director of medical planning, a newly established role within the firm’s health leadership team, according to a news release. Avallone has more than 30 years of experience as a medical planner, including the...
by Robert McCune | Nov 20, 2025 | News
Children’s Mercy (Kansas City, Mo.) plans to build a pediatric hospital in Springfield, Mo., according to a news release. The provider is partnering with nonprofit housing and supportive services organization Mercy Springfield Communities (Springfield, Mo.) on the...
by Robert McCune | Nov 20, 2025 | News
Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville, Ala., held a topping-out ceremony to mark the placement of the final vertical steel support beam for the new Madison Street Tower, according to 265today.com. The $150 million, 154,000-square-foot addition will house 120 patient, a...
by Robert McCune | Nov 20, 2025 | Projects
Sitting on a tight campus site, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Va., is partially landlocked by Mill Mountain on the back side, leaving little room for the facility to grow over the years. In fact, the hospital had not expanded significantly since 1994...
