by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 11, 2014 | Trends
The 2014 Healthcare Design Showcase jury tapped three projects among the 100 submitted to be recognized with an Honorable Mention award. They are each unique in their challenges, and the results of the design solutions identified by their design teams—as well as...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Sep 11, 2014 | Trends
Award winners or not, the Healthcare Design Showcase projects offered a wealth of smart design ideas in their program submissions. Here we highlight some noteworthy details that our jurors singled out for a special hat-tip. Click on the image at left to scroll through...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Sep 11, 2014 | Trends
For the first time in the 14 years we’ve been doing the Healthcare Design Showcase, our Award of Merit winners come exclusively from outside the U.S. That’s not to say there isn’t great working happening here—there is, and you’ll find...
by Anne DiNardo | Sep 10, 2014 | Trends
At 742,000 square feet, it would be hard to miss South West Acute Hospital. And yet Showcase jurors couldn’t help but comment on how “authentically human,” “intimate,” and “reminiscent of a village” the greenfield project...
by Anne DiNardo | Sep 9, 2014 | 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.Rives Taylor is an architect and principal at Gensler (Houston), where he helps lead the...
by Anne DiNardo | Sep 9, 2014 | Trends
Working with Chris O’Brien Lifehouse (Camperdown, Australia), HDR Rice Daubney sought to create a comprehensive nonprofit cancer center in Sydney that would fulfill the vision of the late Chris O’Brien, a professor and medical oncologist who died of a...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 8, 2014 | Trends
Every new concept that wows an industry eventually reaches the day when its application isn’t as exciting as it once was—when it’s no longer labeled as innovative. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing, especially if that concept held enough...
by Anne DiNardo | Sep 5, 2014 | Trends
One of the reasons I love covering this industry is that the people that I get to interview—architects, interior designers, planners, and owners—are so passionate about their work and their efforts to use design to help others.Thankfully that work...
by Anne DiNardo | Sep 5, 2014 | Trends
If all goes well, five years from now, Myanmar will serve as an example of how a network of high-tech, locally driven clinics can improve health and medical care to underserved populations throughout the world.The effort is being driven by Care For Peace, a Novato,...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Sep 5, 2014 | Trends
New Braunfels Community Health Commons in New Braunfels, Texas, designed by Earl Swensson Associates, is a full-service hospital and the centerpiece of Resolute Health’s integrated healthcare delivery network. Opened in June 2014, the medical center sits on a...
