by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2006 | News
SMWM Architecture approached me to do an art-glass feature wall for the new meditation chapel at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. It was great to have the opportunity to collaborate with SMWM on this project and see our idea come to fruition....
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2006 | News
Edward Hospital & Health Services (EHHS) in Naperville, Illinois, has been involved in a series of renovation and new construction projects to provide much-needed healthcare services to its service area. These projects include a new heart hospital, a renovated...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2006 | News
It is no secret that healthcare projects, and new hospitals in particular, are some of the most complex buildings being constructed today. Even more complex is the coordination of all the working systems and technologies that help hospital professionals save lives....
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2006 | Trends
Henry Ford is widely believed to have said of his Model T, “You can paint it any color, so long as it’s black.” Would that construction projects were so easy. The design guru from “On High”—an architect, a facility planner—says, “It shall be thus!” And, lo and...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2006 | News
Project Summary Client: Baptist Medical Center Architecture, Planning, and Interior Design: Cannon Design Photography: Neil Rashba Architectural Photography; Robert Pettus; Cannon Design Completed: August 2005 Total Project Area: 195,000 sq. ft. Total Construction...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2006 | News
The question “How green can healthcare be?” nags at healthcare providers and their building teams these days. As an industry, we’re merely treading water in the rising tide of sustainable design. Every day, new developments raise the bar for environmentally...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2006 | News
Three major patient care trends have crept up on general acute care hospitals and influenced their operations, which serve patients and caregivers in an ever-more-restricted-payment environment: (1) today’s hospitalized patients are sicker, (2) patient care is...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2006 | News
The healthcare facilities market continues to experience revolutionary change. Many factors contribute to the evolving nature of healthcare facilities and their ability to contribute to effective patient care, such as new technologies, volatile reimbursements, and...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2006 | News
Tile with high-resolution imagery Imagine Tile creates ceramic surfacing products featuring high-resolution imagery. These tiles soothe, comfort, and inspire, as well as meeting requirements for easy maintenance and durability in healthcare settings. Circle 45 on...
by HCD Guest Author | Jun 30, 2006 | News
Dialysis patients across the country are receiving fast-track, quality care in newly completed healthcare facilities they could almost call home. These facilities house highly accessible, comfortable patient areas that include not only dialysis equipment, but also...
