by Kristin D. Zeit | May 28, 2015 | Trends
“We could make the hospital itself into a treatment for the patient.” Now, there’s a design challenge. But it’s one that Emily Landon, infection control epidemiologist for the University of Chicago’s Center for Care and Discovery, hopes that providers, architects, and...
by HCD Guest Author | May 26, 2015 | Projects
Lancaster, Calif., is located in the windy, high desert region of Antelope Valley, a fact that made the design and construction of the new Kaiser Permanente Antelope Valley Medical Offices a challenging undertaking—especially in light of the balance that had to be...
by Anne DiNardo | May 22, 2015 | News
Wanderlust has led Jennie Evans to many different parts of the world. At a young age, she would look through travel books and pick out spots she wanted to visit. “I was always thinking beyond my current geography,” she says. She’s traveled to several continents,...
by Jennifer Silvis | May 21, 2015 | Projects
To improve life for cancer patients in bustling, metropolitan London, it literally takes a village of caring clinicians. That’s just what the new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital set out to achieve with its design based on a village concept. As research, patient care,...
by Kristin D. Zeit | May 20, 2015 | Projects
HuntonBrady Architects of Orlando revamped the look of Florida Hospital Tampa, giving the 45-year-old campus a rebranding that served as the beginning of an extensive renovation. Following the exterior’s modern facelift and patient room renovations, the design team...
by HCD Guest Author | May 20, 2015 | Trends
Virtual reality (VR) isn’t just for fun and (video) games anymore. It’s helping solve real-world problems in healthcare design and construction. Sanford Fargo Medical Center in Fargo, N.D., turned to VR to experience its $500 million facility before it was built. The...
by HCD Guest Author | May 19, 2015 | Projects
Transcending the traditional silos of medical research and healthcare delivery, translational medicine is continuing to emerge as a “best of both worlds” model, capitalizing on collaborative intellectual capital and translating it into better healthcare outcomes....
by HCD Guest Author | May 18, 2015 | Trends
We’ve entered a new era in healthcare that’s making several institutions rethink how they operate, how they relate to their community, and how they can be most effective. The Affordable Care Act brought a focus on prevention and wellness, which has become a new...
by Jennifer Silvis | May 18, 2015 | News
Postmodernist architect Michael Graves became a household name thanks to his popular line of consumer products for Target, but it was his mission to revolutionize the way that homes, office buildings, and—specifically—healthcare facilities are built that left an...
by Anne DiNardo | May 15, 2015 | News
For someone who, in his own words, didn’t particularly like school, George Mann has built quite a career in academia. In fact, when he was hired at Texas A&M University to launch the university’s Architecture for Health program, he planned on staying for just a...
