Featured Artists and Inspirations
Award-Winning Design Cues That Come From Nature
Healthcare Design magazine recently selected Penn Medicine Radnor, by Ballinger, as a finalist in this year’s Design Showcase contest. The award-winning design takes its cues from nature. The judges had this to say: “Overall, the design places buildings at the periphery and eliminates surface parking, creating more opportunities to introduce nature. Components of the master […]
Healthcare Design That Boosts Sports Performance
Professional athletes, students, and weekend warriors can take advantage of the new UCHealth Steadman Hawkins orthopedic and sports performance center. The clinic’s cutting-edge orthopedic care, physical therapy, and training facilities are perfect examples of healthcare design that boost sports performance. Beyond that, the building also reflects its location, with an exterior featuring Colorado Bluff stone, […]
Healthcare Design that Captures the Essence of a Community
Healthcare design that captures the essence of a community brings comfort, healing, and respite to patients and staff. Healthcare designers that can accomplish that are bound to win awards. The hospital featured here, Grand Island Regional Medical Center located in Grand Island, Nebraska – designed by HDR is in a position to win a 2021 […]
Evangelical Community Hospital Ensures Family-Centered Care
Patient- and family-centered care means working in partnership with patients and their families in the delivery of health care. It also means being aware of and responding to the family’s needs. In healthcare, the family-centered care approach is important because it leads to better health outcomes. On top of that, patient experience is better as is […]
Healthcare Design’s 2021 Distinctive Details Showcase
Each year, Healthcare Design Magazine honors the best hospital designs. The list below are projects that were named Finalists in the competition for their unique design elements. See the original post here, posted by Jennifer Kovacs Silvis on August 17th, 2021. In the following weeks, we will delve deeper into these projects to explore the […]
Futuristic Simulation Space for Surgical Students
Healthcare Design Magazine awarded the University of Illinois Chicago School of Medicine Surgical and Innovation Training Lab (SITL) with the 2021 Showcase Award of Merit. The award-winning project called Future Forward features a basement renovation that morphed into a futuristic simulation space for surgical students. (source) The project earned an Award of Merit for its […]
A Warm, Welcoming, and Familiar Space
What happens when a healthcare design team takes inspiration from the feelings and comfort one gets upon entering a warm, familiar, and welcoming place, such as a home, hotel, or airport lounge? The recently redesigned Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, a scientific research center and teaching hospital in downtown Toronto. This healthcare facility features an Art […]