by HCD Guest Author | Mar 10, 2016 | Trends
Serving as a juror for the annual Healthcare Design Showcase this past year, I saw several submissions that contained a host of excellent work related to hospitals and traditional health facilities. A number of other entries, however, captured a category not seen at...
by Anne DiNardo | Mar 9, 2016 | Trends
In this series, Healthcare Design asks leading healthcare design professionals, firms, and owners to tell us what’s got their attention and share some ideas on the subject. James Heroux is a landscape architect with Copley Wolff Design Group (Boston). Here, he shares...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 4, 2016 | Trends
One of the newest programs and building types being developed within the healthcare industry is the freestanding emergency department (FSED). These projects are growing in popularity as hospitals and healthcare systems strategize ways to provide improved, responsive...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 4, 2016 | Trends
It’s April and with that comes spring, traditionally associated with new beginnings. In spring, plants begin their cycle of growth after a winter of dormancy and animals end their months-long hibernation. ...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Mar 3, 2016 | Projects
As its patient population grows, Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) in Houston is extending its services out into the suburbs with the new Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands. FKP Architects provided master planning for the dedicated pediatric campus as well as...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 25, 2016 | Trends
In 2004, as part of nationally coordinated antiterrorism efforts, Nebraska Medicine brought online a first-of-its-kind unit for the safe treatment of deadly infectious diseases. Early involvement of frontline staff with the design team of Leo A Daly was crucial to...
by Anne DiNardo | Feb 25, 2016 | Trends
Cleveland Clinic has been working to standardize its design aesthetic over the years to create a unified identity for its facilities while improving patient care with an environment that helps to lessen stress and anxiety. When the opportunity arose to expand its...
by Anne DiNardo | Feb 19, 2016 | Projects
Two years ago, HCA Healthcare Systems (Nashville, Tenn.) set out to expand its presence in northern Virginia with a new 124-bed, 234,000-square-foot hospital and medical office building. The facility would be located on a 51-acre greenfield campus in Dulles, Va., and...
by HCD Guest Author | Feb 19, 2016 | Trends
Sometimes the best ideas are the most obvious. For example, if you want to make cancer patients comfortable during treatments, ask them how. When designing cancer facilities, architects must keep the physical, psychological, and emotional needs of patients at the...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Feb 18, 2016 | Trends
A hospital stay can often be described as an emotional roller coaster, an experience riddled with loaded expectations, anticipation and uncertainty, moments of fear, and relief when it’s all over. But a real roller coaster—in a real amusement park—should be fun. And...
