by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2006 | News
The problems became obvious when the forms came off the 70-year-old public structure undergoing renovation. It was a beautiful, high-profile, art-deco-style structure made of cast-in-place concrete. But there were rock pockets, sand streaks, and form offsets marring...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2006 | News
Addressing the requirements of healthcare regulatory agencies is increasingly becoming a driving factor in healthcare interior design. In the past, key factors in interior design success encompassed meeting the expectations of the owner, the local community, the...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2006 | News
The Floyd & Delores Jones Cancer Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center The image of patients sitting on a conveyor belt and being whisked through a hospital like widgets on an industrial assembly line might seem comical to some people, but it is serious...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 1, 2006 | News
Project SummaryClient: The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterArchitecture: KMD Architects (structural shell and core); FKP Architects, Inc. (programming, medical planning, interior design, equipment and space planning)Photography: Hedrich Blessing,...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 1, 2006 | News
Over the past decade, increasing attention has been focused on the principles of sustainable, high-performance green building design and construction as a solution to the well-documented, significant environmental effects of the conventional construction, operation,...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 1, 2006 | News
The research laboratory often serves as a window to the future of medicine. Despite the cutting-edge capabilities of the modern laboratory, engineers who design these facilities sometimes use methodologies that are scientifically unsound. While most engineering design...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 1, 2006 | News
Who would have imagined 10 years ago, when industry experts were predicting the downsizing of the inpatient hospital, that 2005 would bring a boom in construction of bed towers? Besides the increased need for beds in many markets, the obsolescence of the hospital...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 1, 2006 | News
The movement in healthcare design toward patient-centered care and healing environments is often reflected in healthcare facility features meant to mitigate the stressful nature of serious illness. Preliminary research has shown that providing space for families in...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 1, 2006 | News
Advances in healthcare are occurring at an awesome rate. A hospital’s design must keep up with changing technology, as well as the attitudes of staff and patients. One example is the design of operating rooms and their associated space as minimally invasive...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 1, 2006 | News
You have seen it before. There is hesitation to engage in the next project. Past experiences have soured the building process. Changes have caused you to overrun your budget. Your project slipped behind schedule. Your construction manager’s staff worked...
