by HCD Guest Author | Oct 31, 2017 | News
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare recently celebrated the topping out of the $275 million, 450,000-square-foot patient tower at Methodist University Hospital (MUH) in Memphis, Tenn., according to a press release. The ceremony signifies that construction of the steel...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 31, 2017 | News
John Ruggieri, LEED AP, and Travis Leissner, AIA, have joined Hoefer Wysocki as vice presidents in the firm’s Dallas office. Leissner has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare, education, and recently wellness and active-aging environments. Previously,...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 31, 2017 | Projects
Shortly after Jonas Salk announced he had developed a successful polio vaccine in 1953, he began working on his next project: a building that would allow for collaborative research among scientists to develop additional cures. In 1960, Salk partnered with architect...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 30, 2017 | Trends
There were 2.2 million people incarcerated in the U.S. in 2014, with 1.5 million in state or federal prisons, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. This makes the U.S. home to the greatest number of incarcerated individuals in the world. The U.S. Constitution...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 26, 2017 | News
Construction has started on a new four-story, 174,000-square-foot, full-service community hospital in Grand Island, Neb. Grand Island Regional Hospital, designed by HDR, will feature 64 beds. Services offered will include emergency care, surgery, labor and delivery,...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 26, 2017 | News
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) has recognized Stantec Architecture in the Ambulatory – Cancer Center category in the 6th annual IIDA Healthcare Interior Design Competition. The competition honors originality and excellence in the design and...
by Jennifer Silvis | Oct 26, 2017 | Trends
Noise is the source of frequent patient complaints. Not only it is annoying, but it can directly affect the well-being of occupants. Common noise sources such as staff conversations, double patient rooms, alarms, intercoms, pagers, and mechanical equipment can...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 26, 2017 | Trends
Jhiah Chang’s first lessons in design came from watching her parents publish a Korean-American newspaper in San Fernando Valley, Calif., from 1987-2015. They developed their own photos, pasted together layouts, and wrote poems and articles. “Through them, I learned...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 25, 2017 | Projects
Nationwide Children’s Hospital wants to send a message that behavioral health is an illness just like cancer or asthma. So, it’s partnering with architecture firms NBBJ (Columbus, Ohio) and Architecture+ (Troy, N.Y.), to build the country’s largest freestanding,...
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 25, 2017 | News
Tampa General Hospital (TGH) has completed construction of the new emergency department at Brandon Healthplex in Tampa, Fla. The outpatient medical center that will offer comprehensive services and expands TGH’s presence in the community. Designed by Gresham, Smith...
