by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2009 | News
Courtesy of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP Rapidly developing technologies and medical advances are blurring the boundaries between surgery, interventional radiology, and cardiology. These traditionally separate disciplines are performing both diagnostic and...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2009 | News
“Reflections” is a new column featuring thoughts and commentary by former HEALTHCARE DESIGN Editor-in-Chief. Richard L. Peck. HEALTHCARE DESIGN has traditionally been a “halvsies” book-roughly half architects/designers and half hospital planners in its audience...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2009 | News
Today we find ourselves at a unique moment in the history of healthcare. Around the world, healthcare professionals, and the architects and designers that serve them, are grappling with the best ways to keep pace with the rapid development and rising costs of new...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2009 | News
The necessity of providing healing, welcoming, and engaging healthcare interiors has become more dogma than debatable in recent years. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone in the interior design and architecture fields that doesn’t believe that such...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2009 | Trends
Nonporous surfacing options Staron® Surfaces offers versatile surfacing options approved for healthcare applications. Staron Solid Surface is nonporous, which makes it a highly hygienic surface, warding off unwelcome mold and bacteria. It is also stain resistant and...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2009 | News
For the last several years, attendees of our annual HEALTHCARE DESIGN conference have been able to accumulate Continuing Education Units via several accrediting bodies who grant credits for attending education sessions. Now, HEALTHCARE DESIGN readers can earn CEUs...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2009 | News
Project Summary Completion Date: November 2008 Owner: The Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Architecture: Astorino Interior Design: Astorino Photography: Dennis Marsico (exteriors), Alexander Denmarsh (interiors)...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2009 | News
Two of Los Angeles’ most renowned design firms-CO Architects and Rios Clementi Hale Studios-collaborated on the new $280-million Kaiser Permanente hospital in the Panorama City section of Los Angeles. Professionals at both firms say starting early in the process...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2009 | News
Working with Herman Miller as a corporate partner, The Center for Health Design has completed the first Survey of Design Research in Healthcare Settings. With more than 600 respondents to the online survey, the results provide insight into questions surrounding the...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2009 | News
It’s in every hospital. In each operating room. In each patient’s room. It’s even in the hallways. Find a point of care, and it’s there. It’s the data and communications network, and it’s transforming healthcare facilities into...
