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Joplin, MO Rebuilds New Mercy Hospital
We all remember the massive tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri four years ago. It devastated the entire town, including St. John’s Mercy Regional Medical Center. The directors of St. John’s had to quickly set up an alternative site to take care of injured patients. Once that was taken care of, the next task was to […]
The Benefit of Color in Design Works for Hotels Too
We frequently discuss colors and their impact and importance in healthcare design, but they are important in all aspects of design. With a big travel weekend coming up, we thought it would be appropriate to feature one of the most colorful hotels. The Pantone Hotel is a hotel of colors. It is located in Brussels and consistently […]
Coming Soon: Florida Hospital for Women
In Orlando, Florida, women are soon going to have a new option for advanced specialty healthcare. The Florida Hospital Orlando, a 430,000-square-foot hospital, will provide pre-pregnancy care, wellness and specialty care, and advanced expertise with a high-risk breast center, neonatal intensive care unit, maternal fetal medicine services, and gynecologic oncology services. Expected to open in […]
The Best Place For Kids
Specialty Pediatric Center at Omaha Children’s Hospital and Medical Center is no ordinary hospital. It has been recognized repeatedly as one of Omaha’s Best Places to Work and has since treated more children than ever before. They strive for perfection. At Children’s, quality and patient safety work hand in hand. Their utmost priority is to provide the […]
Doing It for the Kids
The Christian Children’s Hospital Osnabrück (CKO) held a European-wide architectural competition to design a children’s hospital. AEP Architekten Eggert Generalplaner was awarded with the 1st prize for a good reason. Here is a look at the award winning architecture and design. The brief consisted of the integration of two somatic children departments in Osnabrück, Germany. […]
The Colors of the Reno Ronald McDonald House
In keeping with our recent discussions on colors and their impact and importance in healthcare design, Wikoff Design Studio recently remodeled the Reno Ronald McDonald House family room using purples, golds and yellows. Take a look at some of the pictures from the project and read the descriptions of the colors and their benefits from […]
Wikoff Designs Kafoury, Armstrong, & Co with Natural Colors
We love discussing color palettes and how they can influence mood, boost healing processes and affect how staff feel and act in their work environment. We recently highlighted the Parkin Color Chart in one of our blog posts for research done on color therapy. The Parkin Color Research showed that color is a fundamental element in design – […]