by Robert McCune | Oct 3, 2024 | Trends
Toni Candanedo, Associate, Landscape designer, SmithGroup (San Francisco) In her sixth year as a landscape designer at SmithGroup (San Francisco), Toni Candanedo uses advocacy and education through her project work to prioritize nature and biophilic design in...
by Tracey Walker | Oct 3, 2024 | News
University Children’s Hospital of Zurich opened in Zurich, Switzerland, according to the website metalocus.es. Designed by architecture firm Burgholzli, Herzog & de Meuron (Basel, Switzerland), the project includes a 3-story acute-care hospital made of wood and...
by Tracey Walker | Oct 3, 2024 | News
Ronald McDonald House New York (RMH-NY; New York) and the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM; Bronx, N.Y.) celebrated the grand opening of the Ronald McDonald Family Room in New York, which offers a respite for caregivers and family members with children who are...
by Robert McCune | Oct 2, 2024 | News
Mercy Hospital South started construction on an expansion and redesign of its emergency department (ED) on its campus in St. Louis, according to a news release. The $75 million project will expand the existing ED by 26,000 square feet to 65,000 square feet and add 12...
by Tracey Walker | Oct 2, 2024 | Trends
In 2020, Indiana University Health (IU Health) outlined plans for a new world-class hospital that would consolidate two of its Indianapolis hospitals on an expanded downtown campus. Three years later, with construction in full swing, IU Health’s board of directors...
by Robert McCune | Oct 2, 2024 | News
Building enclosure and engineering firm Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH; Waltham, Mass.) appointed Emily Hoops as head of building technology for the Eastern U.S. region, according to a news release. Hoops will oversee the firm’s building enclosure consulting...
by Robert McCune | Oct 2, 2024 | News
Rural health system Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, Idaho) broke ground on the first phase of the Good Samaritan Society – Founder’s Crossing senior community in Sioux Falls, according to a news release. Nonprofit Good Samaritan Society (Sioux Falls) provides senior...
by Robert McCune | Oct 1, 2024 | News
Novant Health (Winston-Salem, N.C.) plans to develop a new full-service hospital in Bluffton, S.C., according to a news release. The Novant Health Bluffton Medical Center will open with 50 beds and medical, surgical, emergency, and trauma services, as well as...
by Robert McCune | Oct 1, 2024 | News
Taylor Design (Irvine, Calif.) hired a project director for its growing Sacramento, Calif., office, according to a news release. Heather Kampa will lead projects, develop user-centered solutions, and help to drive the multidisciplinary architecture and design firm’s...
by Anne DiNardo | Oct 1, 2024 | Trends
A self-supporting, self-propagating façade structure. Artificial intelligence-assisted hubs where patients can obtain health scans and vitals while meeting with their digital companion. And care models that utilize existing mass transit infrastructure and modular...
