by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
What trends did you identify in this year’s entries? Any improvements or regressions compared to previous competitions you’ve judged? Wilson: It seems like we had more renovations and new designs focused on culture change and creating neighborhoods. In...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
In the last five years many important healthcare building projects have been completed using evidence-based design. This transition in practice methodology has created a baseline of knowledge that no longer needs debate, and as a result, has fostered groundbreaking...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
As a senior at the University of Michigan, I had a professor who rather seriously and frequently asked what my generation was doing; not in an accusatory manner, arguing that we were destroying the sanctity of the country, but on a holistic level, failing to see the...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News, Trends
Patient room toilet locations Designing the ideal patient room requires resolution of many questions: Should rooms be acuity adaptable? Should they be mirrored or same-handed? Should the headwall be vertical or horizontal, with exposed or concealed services? But of...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
New healthcare seating collection David Edward has added the Aspen Series to its Healthcare Collection. The Aspen is available in a wing or mini-wing version with a high or low back and tight or loose seat cushions. Upholstered arms or arm caps are also available on...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
For the fourth year participants in the DESIGN Showcase were asked to discuss the real challenges they faced in developing and executing a design. Going beyond displaying a project’s highlights, many honestly laid out the difficulties they encountered in...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
It isn’t often that this editorial space is devoted to the happenings in another publication, but in this case, the exception is warranted. Vendome Group, publishers of HEALTHCARE DESIGN, have acquired Healthcare Building Ideas magazine, and the first issue...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
Project SummaryCompletion Date: November 2008 Owner: HealthEast/St. Joseph’s Hospital, St. Paul, MN Owner’s Representative: Boldt Consulting Services, Milwaukee, WI Executive Architect (Architect-of-Record): BWBR Architects, St. Paul, MN Design Architect:...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
The Cleveland Clinic is world renowned for its treatment and service, something that it holds as a significant point of pride. It’s only fitting then, that their art collection be similarly spectacular, something that Joanne Cohen, executive director and curator...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
Pebble Partners’ commitment to utilize an evidence-based design process within their healthcare building projects is reinforced through the contribution and enthusiasm of their architecture and design teams. Having architecture firms involved, and in many cases,...
