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Healthcare in the San Juan Islands
Peace Island Medical Center began with a remote island community uniting to realize their vision of rural healthcare in the San Juan Islands. The hospital discreetly resides in the old-growth forest, basalt slopes and wetlands. Island resources are extremely limited, making sustainable choices fundamental. Naturally ventilated clinical areas and patient rooms connect occupants with fresh air […]
Crown Sky Healing Garden – Downtown Chicago
Situated in the heart of downtown Chicago, the Crown Sky Garden is a sanctuary for patients, families, doctors and administrators within this 23 story Children’s Hospital. . This regenerative project offers a new paradigm for healthcare design that integrates healing gardens as part of the health care regiment within these institutional environments Crown Sky Garden […]
Kaiser Permanente Oakland: Compact New Design
Kaiser Permanente in Oakland recently went through a redesign. One of the biggest challenges on the project was incorporating expanded services on a dense 7-acre urban campus. The new hospital building now allows the facility to introduce new medical services, including an expanded emergency department, 349 patient beds, and a full-service children’s hospital to serve families throughout […]
Shedding Light on Difficult Jobs
The article below comes from HealthcareDesignMagazine.com. It talks about daylighting, a topic we discuss here a lot. If you like what you see here, access some of the similar posts by clicking the articles found at the end of this article. This post may be seen in it’s original form here. After studies showed the […]
Natural Beauty and Meditation Room Help Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute Receive an Honorable Mention Healthcare Design Award
The 2014 Healthcare Design Showcase jury tapped three projects among the 100 submitted to be recognized with an Honorable Mention award. The photo featured above is of the meditation room that helped Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute in Lancaster, PA receive honorable mention. The information provided in this post came from HealthcareDesignMagazine.com. The original […]
Building Connections in Healthcare Design
Healthcare Design Collaborators will come together at the end of this month for the Annual Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo 2014 in Chicago. The Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo is where industry leaders, from design firms to healthcare owners, come together for 3 days to share best practices, explore new concepts and discover products and […]
Healthcare Design – Fun Wall Wraps are Unexpected and Exciting
Below are some examples of exciting and unexpected wall and elevator wraps that have been featured in children’s hospitals. New technology has made wall wraps surprisingly easy to apply. The new tac can adhere to the wall for 5 years or be taken down without damage.