by Laura Brauer | Dec 7, 2017 | Projects
Centegra Hospital-Huntley, a 384,000-square-foot, 128-bed facility that offers advanced technology and an architectural design intended to facilitate wellness and recovery, opened in August 2016. Kahler Slater master planned and designed the new hospital to answer...
by Laura Brauer | Dec 7, 2017 | Projects
South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center represents a new chapter for three organizations serving South Philadelphia. Designed by VSBA Architects & Planners (Philadelphia), the new 96,000-square-foot building replaces three 1960s-era structures—a...
by Laura Brauer | Dec 6, 2017 | News
Tom Merritt and Kristen Braden have been promoted to the respective positions of president and director of construction operations of H.R. Gray (HRG), a subsidiary of Haskell. (Jacksonville, Fla.) Merritt has more than 14 years with HRG and formerly served as the vice...
by Laura Brauer | Dec 6, 2017 | News
Northwestern Medical Center recently opened it’s new multispecialty medical office building (MOB) in St. Albans, Vt., according to a press release. The $32 million project is the third and final phase of the facility’s comprehensive master plan. The two-story,...
by Laura Brauer | Dec 5, 2017 | 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 Laura Brauer | Dec 5, 2017 | News
Craig McInroy, AIA, has joined the San Francisco office of HGA Architects and Engineers (HGA) as associate vice president and healthcare principal. He will help direct strategic growth and client relations for the office’s Healthcare Practice Group serving clients in...
by Laura Brauer | Dec 5, 2017 | News
Texas Children’s Hospital recently opened a new I-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) suite in Houston to treat children with high-risk neuroblastoma, according to a press release. The suite, which includes thick lead protection specified by the hospital’s physicist to...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 4, 2017 | News
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) announced the winners of the 2017 Healthcare Interior Design Competition, which recognizes outstanding originality and excellence in the design and furnishings of healthcare interior spaces. “Commercial interior...
by Jennifer Silvis | Dec 1, 2017 | Trends
Despite the importance of urban medical centers to our communities, it’s their considerable constraints and not their humanistic missions that typically drive design. Whether shielded behind parking lots or landscaping, or announcing their presence in the...
by Jennifer Silvis | Nov 30, 2017 | Projects
Philadelphia’s oldest and largest healthcare provider serving the LGBTQ community, Mazzoni Center began as an all-volunteer clinic in 1979. As the need for comprehensive health and social services grew, so did the organization. Today, Mazzoni Center supports over...
