by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 2, 2013 | News
For more than 45 years, Joseph G. Sprague, FAIA, FACHA, FHFI, has promoted design excellence within the healthcare industry for a multitude of project types. As a director of health facilities, principal, and senior vice president at HKS Inc., Sprague serves as...
by Jennifer Silvis | Dec 21, 2012 | Trends
When we design a building, especially one that involves health, we design it to respect and reflect the spirit of its place and the people who inhabit it. We believe that the environment can contribute to healing when people have a sense of comfort and familiarity...
by Jennifer Silvis | Dec 20, 2012 | News
Earlier this year, as our team of judges gathered in Chicago to weigh the merits of dozens of project submissions for Healthcare Design’s annual Architectural and Interior Design Showcase, I clearly recall when the discussion picked up a bit in tempo, when I...
by Jennifer Silvis | Dec 20, 2012 | News
The owner of Palomar Medical Center (PMC)—a 10-years-in-the-making, new-build project that cost just under $1 billion—has never been shy about its ambitions. When Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health (PH) realized that the state’s seismic upgrade...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Dec 19, 2012 | News
As any year comes to a close, there’s a natural tendency to look back and assess what we’ve accomplished. And in the healthcare design realm, we accomplished a lot in 2012. As I think about some of the U.S. projects that opened their doors within the past...
by Jennifer Silvis | Dec 19, 2012 | News
The damage inflicted by Hurricane Sandy was far reaching, flooding homes and businesses across the East Coast and forcing people and even hospitals to evacuate. Now that the flood waters have subsided and the healing from Hurricane Sandy has begun, what are the next...
by Jennifer Silvis | Dec 18, 2012 | Trends
Positive distractions are a set of environmental features or conditions that effectively reduce patient and staff stress by providing a moderate level of pleasant environmental stimulation. It’s well known that gardens, artwork, videos with nature scenery, window...
by Jennifer Silvis | Dec 18, 2012 | Trends
The old adage that hindsight is 20/20 is often tinged with feelings of regret. In our last article, “Research in Practice: Lesson 3—Testing Innovation Through Simulations and Mock-ups,” we shared the importance of simulation techniques for visioning how designs will...
by Jennifer Silvis | Dec 18, 2012 | Trends
I recently had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic from The New York Times. Kimmelman reached out to us because the idea of connecting architecture to health outcomes had been rolling around in his head for a while, so...
by Jennifer Silvis | Dec 17, 2012 | News
As part of its ongoing expansion and effort to continue to create outdoor environments that promote healing, Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville, Md., took one of its open spaces—a rooftop—and transformed it into the Barbara Truland Butz Healing...
