by HCD Guest Author | Apr 15, 2015 | Trends
The industry has recently taken a keen interest in what keeps healthcare professionals up at night. In hope of shedding light on this topic, HDR recently conducted a survey asking pediatric care providers this very question (the full report can be found here). This...
by Anne DiNardo | Apr 13, 2015 | Projects
Project Summary Completion date: November 2014 Owner: Queensland Government Total building area: 802,018 sq. ft. Total construction cost: hospital—$459 million ($600 million AUD); total project cost—$1.2 billion ($1.5 billion AUD) Cost/sq. ft.: hospital—$572 per...
by Anne DiNardo | Apr 10, 2015 | Projects
The University of North Carolina’s new Marsico Hall on the Health Affairs campus (Chapel Hill, N.C.) is allowing researchers, faculty, and students to take collaboration to greater heights. Designed by Perkins+Will (Research Triangle Park, N.C.), the...
by Anne DiNardo | Apr 9, 2015 | Trends
There’s plenty of research showing how access to nature, daylighting, and fresh air can aid in the healing process, and this has driven many healthcare projects to dip their toes into “greener” waters, adding larger windows in patient rooms, installing a green roof,...
by Anne DiNardo | Apr 9, 2015 | Projects
One look at Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Brisbane, Australia, and it’s clear that something different is afoot. Its brightly colored fins, stacked buildings, and balconies jutting out at different angles look less like a hospital and more like an art museum or...
by Jennifer Silvis | Apr 8, 2015 | News
A new children’s hospital will be constructed adjacent to Queen Silvia Children’s Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. NCC was commissioned to build the hospital by property manager Västfastigheter. The hospital is an extension of Queen Silvia Children’s Hospital,...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 7, 2015 | Trends
Embarking on a new healthcare construction project or retrofitting an existing facility is, in a word, complex. There’s simply no room for error. And yet, thanks to new trends in healthcare—the shift to outpatient services, an aging population in need of greater care,...
by Anne DiNardo | Apr 3, 2015 | News
Upali Nanda assumed growing up that she’d follow in her father’s footsteps into academia. And while she may not be standing in front of a classroom, she’s still teaching others through a career devoted to research. Soon after receiving her Ph.D., Nanda took a position...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Apr 3, 2015 | Projects
Los Alamitos Medical Center (LAMC) in Los Alamitos, Calif., is a 47-year-old general medical and surgical hospital that was in need of a new medical office building to maintain its on-site independent physician base, as well as additional parking. On behalf of LAMC,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Apr 1, 2015 | Projects
Evidence-based design research is largely associated with aspects of the built environment that support satisfaction and outcomes of the general patient population. But little information exists that’s tied to the very specific segment of the population age 65 and up....
