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“Hope Lives Here” – Kitchell Tapped to Build a New Cancer Center
The following press release announces plans for a new cancer and blood disorder center at Phoenix, Arizona’s Children’s Hospital. The new center will be built on the second floor. The project designer is Hobbs + Black. The new center is part of the “Hope Lives Here” campaign, co-chaired by Arizona Diamondback Paul Goldschmidt and his wife, […]
Expert Advice on How to Place Colors in a Healthcare Environment
In the past, we have discussed the different meanings and importance of colors in healthcare design. Below is an excerpt from Healthcare Design Magazine‘s interview with Jackie Jordan, Director of Color Marketing for Sherwin-Williams. In the interview, she explains that it isn’t necessarily the color, it’s how you use it. To read the entire interview on the Healthcare Design Magazine website, click here. […]
Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama
In October 2015, the new Grandview Medical Center opened in Birmingham, Alabama to replace the old Trinity Medical Center. Finding a location and building the facility was quite the process. It took seven years from inception to completion, but the center consists of a 930,000-square-foot hospital, a million-square-foot parking garage, and a 220,000-square-foot professional office […]
Alder Hey’s Park Place
Alder Hey’s Park Place is a new hospital in Liverpool, England which was built to replace the 100-year-old Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. The new 645,834-square-foot hospital opened in October, 2015 and was built in a 22-acre park within the city. The facility has 270 beds, a large critical care area, 16 operating theaters, and outpatient […]
Charleston Area Medical Center’s New Cancer Center
In May, 2015, Charleston Area Medical Center opened it’s new cancer center in Southern West Virginia in order to bring a new way to fight cancer to the area. The 1110,000 square foot, three-story building contains radiation oncology, medical oncology, clinical trials, medical office space, imaging, and a breast center all under one roof. The […]
Healthcare Design Magazine’s Take 5 with Sheila Bosch
In the Take 5 series from Healthcare Design Magazine, they spoke with Sheila Bosch, Director of Healthcare Research at Gresham, Smith and Partners (Tampa). She was also named the 2014 HCD 10 Researcher of the Year by Healthcare Design Magazine. In this Take 5, she shares her thoughts on EBD, resiliency, and the need for […]