by HCD Guest Author | Jun 25, 2019 | News
The University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH), a 580-bed hospital in Albuquerque, N.M., has chosen HDR and FBT Architects in partnership to proceed with the design of the UNMH Modern Medical Facility. The UNMH project is part of a multiphase, multiyear project to...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 24, 2019 | News
SCL Health has broken ground on a new 100,000-square-foot, mixed-use project in Denver. The new Saint Joseph Medical Office Pavilion, on the Uptown Denver campus of Saint Joseph Hospital, is expected to be completed in July 2020 and will include three floors dedicated...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 21, 2019 | Projects
The Reach Out Centre for Kids (ROCK) is one of the largest and most vital mental health facilities in the Halton region of Ontario, Canada. Originally built in 1992, ROCK started out serving 400 children per year, but in the last 10 years has seen a drastic rise in...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 19, 2019 | Trends
While green design has faded from the spotlight it once had years ago, its presence in healthcare projects remains—the fad has evolved to become a baseline expectation for many. And while not all will pursue LEED certification, most projects today boast design...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 18, 2019 | News
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Pediatric Specialty Services, a new 15,000-square-foot pediatric specialty healthcare center, recently opened in Crestwood, Mo. The new facility houses SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Pediatric Specialty Services and also an office of SSM...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 17, 2019 | News
Nationwide Children’s Hospital has dedicated the hospital’s Research Institute in Columbus, Ohio, as the Abigail Wexner Research Institute. The institute currently occupies 525,000 square feet across three buildings on the hospital’s main campus dedicated to basic,...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 17, 2019 | Trends
Awareness of staff and their space needs is coming to the forefront of healthcare design—and with good reason. Healthcare organizations face a staffing crisis that’s predicted to only get worse, with the United States expected to see a shortage of up to 120,000...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 17, 2019 | Trends
Want to raise the ire of healthcare architects worldwide? Then publish an opinion piece titled “How architects ruined healthcare” on Toronto’s The Globe and Mail newspaper website. Judging from my colleagues’ responses on social media, this piece really hit a nerve...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 17, 2019 | Projects
Opening in September 2018, the new Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, transforms the academic hospital from a collection of separate buildings into a small medical city that’s home to 13,500 staff, 4,500 students, and thousands of patients. The 2.2...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 13, 2019 | Featured Firms Projects
AWARD OF MERIT – 2019 Healthcare Design Showcase Established to diagnose and treat children on the autism spectrum and those with other developmental disorders, the new three-story Anna Shaw Children’s Institute (Dalton, Ga.) is one of the first facilities of its kind...
