by HCD Guest Author | Jul 26, 2013 | News
A mother of a pediatric patient once asked our hospital design team for direction and diversion: “Get me to where I have to go, and make me forget why I’m going there.” It’s a simple request, but in reality, a very tall order.Visitors to...
by Anne DiNardo | Jul 25, 2013 | News
In this series, Healthcare Design magazine asks leading healthcare design professionals, firms, and owners to tell us what’s got their attention and share some ideas on the subject.Here, Walter Jones, senior vice president of facilities planning and development,...
by Anne DiNardo | Jul 24, 2013 | News
Pursuing LEED is the best investment you can make in building new, says Breeze Glazer, associate, research knowledge manager, Perkins+Will (New York), and Gail Vittori, co-director, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems (Austin, Texas). Why?For one, it...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 23, 2013 | News
Infection control is a critical issue for any hospital. And for Loie Ruhl, infection prevention specialist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, having evidence readily available to support her initiatives in protecting environments under construction was a goal she...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 23, 2013 | News
Completion date: February 2013Owner: University of Chicago MedicineArchitecture: Rafel Viñoly Architects (executive building design architect and architect of record), Cannon Design (consulting architect for medical facilities planning)Interior design: Rafel Viñoly...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 23, 2013 | News
Healthcare futurist Joe Flower, founder and CEO of Imagine What If Inc., was very clear on precisely what he sees coming down the pike: change. “I don’t know anyone who thinks healthcare works, that it doesn’t need to change,” he said as he...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 22, 2013 | News
The new Center for Care and Discovery (CCD) on the University of Chicago Medicine’s campus is a massive building. Designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects (New York) with Cannon Design (Chicago), the facility’s 1.2 million square feet are spread out across a...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 22, 2013 | News
Prefabricated modular construction is no longer limited to smaller healthcare projects, as hospitals are beginning to consider the technology as a way to capture scheduling and construction efficiencies.“’Faster, better, cheaper’ was the mantra of...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jul 22, 2013 | News
Three years ago, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (NMHC) established a mandate that all new facilities projects would utilize building information modeling (BIM)—not just to aid in the building process, but to support ongoing facility management.Kenneth Kaiser,...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jul 19, 2013 | News
Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota recently opened its new 6,000-square-foot healing garden at its St. Paul campus. Designed by Aesthetics Inc. (San Diego), the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) Storyland Garden provides a space of respite,...
