by HCD Guest Author | Jun 5, 2018 | News
Adaheid Mestad has joined HGA as a design anthropologist and senior associate in the Rochester, Minn., office. She will collaborate across national offices with HGA’s multidisciplinary Research Collaborative Group to understand and design relevant features that...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jun 5, 2018 | News
Healthcare Design is introducing a new awards program this year, recognizing newcomers to the field who are positioned to be the industry’s next great leaders. The Rising Star awards will honor individuals who have been involved in healthcare design for fewer than 10...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 4, 2018 | News
The University of Houston has completed Health 2, the university’s second health and biomedical sciences building in Houston, according to press release. The nine-story, 300,000-square-foot facility provides a new home for the university’s College of Pharmacy,...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 4, 2018 | News
Jason Mikkelsen, PE, LEED AP, ENV SP, has been promoted to managing principal of HDR’s Phoenix architecture studio. He will lead a staff of 38 architects and engineers, and help further develop the firm’s presence in the Phoenix market. Mikkelsen has been with HDR for...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 4, 2018 | Trends
The Center for Health Design recently hosted a webinar on a topic that we don’t cover nearly as often as we should: designing for rural healthcare settings. Based on the large attendance we saw for the live event and continued on-demand views it’s still receiving,...
by Anne DiNardo | Jun 1, 2018 | Projects
After trying to work from home and realizing it wasn’t for him, Vicrum Puri and his wife, Rachel, opened BrooklynWorks in 2012. The 25,000-square-foot co-working space in Brooklyn, N.Y., offers leasable small offices and meeting rooms as well as shared reception,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jun 1, 2018 | Trends
Healthcare Design’s monthly Online Focus feature compiles recent coverage on targeted topics to help readers quickly get up to speed on pressing issues or refresh themselves on latest trends. For June/July, we look at recent coverage of specialty hospitals. From...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 1, 2018 | News
UPMC Pinnacle Memorial recently placed the last steel beam for the frame of its new 220,000-square-foot replacement hospital in York, Pa. The topping-off ceremony marks a significant construction milestone for the building. The future hospital will feature: 130 beds...
by Jennifer Silvis | May 31, 2018 | Trends
To use an evidence-based design process, you have to know what the best available evidence is. But research is published faster than anyone can read it. In this blog series, The Center for Health Design’s research team will provide insight into a few healthcare design...
by HCD Guest Author | May 30, 2018 | Trends
Designing unique patient—or customer —experiences has become a top strategic priority for many healthcare institutions and service-based organizations that operate in a vast sea of sameness. While this need is broadly recognized with plenty of nodding heads in senior...
