by HCD Guest Author | Oct 9, 2017 | Trends
The Research Initiatives Committee of the American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health (AIA-AAH) was formed in 2009 to support research-based architectural practice. At the time, the committee found that existing research had a strong focus on...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 9, 2017 | News
Beth Arokoyo was recently promoted to senior designer at Spellman Brady & Co (St. Louis) and Samantha Golden has joined the firm as a designer. Arokoyo will be responsible for managing every phase of interior design projects. She works on all aspects of...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 9, 2017 | News
The new $14 million Mountain Park Health Center clinic recently opened in Tempe, Arizona. Designed by SmithGroupJJR, it is the fifth clinic project for Mountain Park Health Center. The team transformed a former 30,000-square-foot boat dealership into a community...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 5, 2017 | News
Senior healthcare executive Andrew Hoover has joined Meridian (San Ramon, Calif.) as vice president of business development. Hoover will play a leadership role in business development and facility acquisition for Meridian’s portfolio of major medical industry clients...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 5, 2017 | News
Chesterfield Royal Hospital recently opened its NGS Macmillan Unit in Derbyshire, England. The approximately $13 million project consolidates fragmented cancer services into a purpose-built cancer treatment unit integrated with pastoral care Designed by The Manser...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 4, 2017 | Projects
The opening of Singapore’s Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) and Jurong Community Hospital (JCH) two years ago was already an impressive feat. With a combined 1,100 rooms, the $461 million pair of hospitals, which are managed by JurongHealth, are the country’s...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 3, 2017 | Trends
Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pa. ORGANIZATION DETAILS: For 21 consecutive years, Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) has ranked as one of U.S. News & World Report’s top hospitals, this past year recognized in the top 3 percent for cardiology and heart...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 3, 2017 | Trends
I recently watched a presentation by futurist Daniel Burrus who told the story of an IBM executive who said at one point, about 40 percent of the technology company’s revenue came from products and services that weren’t available just three years prior. Think about...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 3, 2017 | Projects
UC Health (Cincinnati) at the University of Cincinnati, one of the largest regional centers for neurological and psychiatric care, sought to bring together patient care, research, and education into one facility, combining 12 specialty centers and 125 faculty members....
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 2, 2017 | Trends
Christina Grimes, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP BD+C, architect and senior project healthcare planner at Ballinger (Philadelphia) WHO SHE IS: One of Grimes’ first clients at Ballinger—and one of her first projects in the healthcare sector—was Reading Health System, where she...
