by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 30, 2013 | News
Oftentimes the healthcare design industry at large is asked to think a whole lot about the “B” side of an “A-to-B” scenario.Clients might ask designers to take an outdated inpatient unit and renovate it to become a modern care setting, or ask a...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Aug 30, 2013 | News
In March 2013, Lourdes Health System opened LourdesCare (Cherry Hill, N.J.), a 55,000-square-foot state-of-the-art ambulatory care center. Lourdes Health System worked with Environetics (Philadelphia), an architecture, interior design, and engineer firm, to convert a...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 29, 2013 | News
Thomas Goetz has an issue with whiteboards. Specifically, how such a large piece of equipment in a hospital ward—and one that’s chock full of important information—seems to be almost an afterthought.“No one seems to have thought of that as a...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Aug 28, 2013 | News
“We are all children in the face of illness—scared, ignorant, and impulsive—and we should be treated as such.”So says Mark Attiah, a student at Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, in a letter that was published in the...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 28, 2013 | News
Singapore is called the Garden City for its abundance of trees and gardens, a feature that’s included in the design of Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital (MNH). The hospital’s commitment to green is further demonstrated through a number of sustainable design...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 27, 2013 | News
Completion Date: April 2012Owner: Parkway Pantai LtdArchitecture and interior design: HOKAssociate architect: CIAP Architects Pte LtdContracting: Langdon and Seah (quantity surveyor) Structural engineer: T.Y. Lin International Pte LtdMechanical engineer: Parsons...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 26, 2013 | News
In an area of Singapore that already includes a destination medical center with a public hospital and medical office building nearby, competition among private medical providers to have a presence there is high. Parkway Pantai Ltd. (Singapore), one of Asia’s...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 23, 2013 | News
All it took for me was one night in the hospital with my daughter, going from sleeping upright in a bedside rocker to a hard vinyl couch that was at least six inches too short, to understand the importance of comfort for both patients and caregivers.So it’s...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 22, 2013 | News
While it appears healthcare has turned the page from its once lavishly appointed lobbies and two-story atriums to more efficient, practical, and—most importantly—affordable space plans, that doesn’t mean it’s closed the book on...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Aug 22, 2013 | Trends
The design of any healthcare space is an intricate process with hundreds of variables. But when the space is a hybrid OR, the complexity level reaches new—and precisely calibrated—heights. This was especially true in the case of Akron General Medical Center’s (Akron,...
