by Jennifer Silvis | Dec 14, 2018 | Projects
The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center building in Houston comprises a vertical expansion and renovation to house the relocated Mental Health Clinic Trauma Recovery Program, the Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom Therapy Programs, and the...
by Jennifer Silvis | Dec 13, 2018 | Trends
One key to successful design is identifying a problem and solving it. For healthcare, it’s often operational challenges that require fixing—a lot of what you do each day answers goals for efficiency, flexibility, energy use, safety, infection control, and so on. It...
by Jennifer Silvis | Dec 13, 2018 | Trends
Gone are the days when art in healthcare was an afterthought. Today, it’s a priority. And making sure art shines by integrating it within architecture and interior design is the norm. Recent installations capture the benefits of these collaborations and the beauty...
by Jennifer Silvis | Dec 13, 2018 | News
One year after announcing Healthcare Design’s first conceptual design competition, Breaking Through, we now have a winner. A concept created by a team out of HDR’s Australia office took home the $10,000 prize at our recent Healthcare Design Expo & Conference in...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 13, 2018 | News
Jason Lee, NCARB, Lean Green Belt, LEED AP BD+C, recently joined the E4H Environments for Health Architecture team as a partner based in the New York office. Lee has 20 years of architectural experience with more than a decade dedicated to healthcare design. He...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 13, 2018 | News
Perkins+Will has unveiled details of its first healthcare fellowship for recent design school graduates. The E. Todd Wheeler Fellowship honors the design luminary of the same name, who transformed healthcare architecture—and healthcare delivery—in the mid-twentieth...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 13, 2018 | News
Sentara Cancer Center celebrated the topping out of its $93.5 million building in Norfolk, Va. The ceremony marked the placing of the final steel beam on the structure before interior finishing begins. The new center will centralize outpatient oncology services and...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 12, 2018 | Projects
Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center wanted to bring cancer treatment and care closer to its patients in Montvale, N.J. The ideal location was found in a former corporate office building; however, the structural system of the 145,000-square-foot building was...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 11, 2018 | Trends
Clinician burnout is reaching epidemic proportions across healthcare. More than 50 percent of physicians are affected by burnout, while one-third of new registered nurses seek another profession within a year, according to the November 2018 report, “Seeking Solutions...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 6, 2018 | Projects
Baylor Scott & White – The Heart Hospital Plano has transformed its 116-bed heart and vascular hospital with a new 164,000-square-foot addition, designed by E4H Environments for Health Architecture. The new six-story north tower allows for improved operational...
