by HCD Guest Author | Aug 2, 2009 | News
With the growing presence of retail clinics, has your firm ever been approached to design one? 34.62% – Yes, and we jumped at the opportunity 0.00% – Yes, but we turned down the offer 50.00% – No, we’ve never been asked 15.38% – Our firm...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2009 | News
Product Info Request Product Information Online HEALTHCARE DESIGN’s online reader service program enables readers to request information on advertised products from any issue, at any time, multiple times. Readers can find products by issue, company, or product...
by HCD Guest Author | Jul 31, 2009 | News
When The Reading Hospital and Medical Center teamed with Z&F Consulting for a physical plant commissioning project in 2003, the two didn’t realize the project would lead to a cogeneration facility and an innovative energy approach. Cogeneration is part of a...
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
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
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
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...
