Featured Artists and Inspirations
Hope for Behavioral Health Patients
Last fall, the Hope House, a part of the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez, California, opened its doors to behavioral health patients who no longer need a full inpatient facility but are not quite ready to move back home. The “hope” is that this beautiful facility will help to remove the stigma associated […]
Contemporary Art Creates a Healing Environment
The images here are of the Royal Children’s Hospital. They were taken by Shannon McGrath. The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) is a major children’s hospital in Melbourne, Australia. The hospital is surrounded by the parkland of Royal Park, with views of trees and lots of natural light. The location and the contemporary art inside help make […]
Integrating Spaces to Heal the Mind and Body of Patients
The photos and information come from an article written by Margie Monin Dombrowski of HealthcareDesignMagazine.com. Here, two forms of healthcare services that are often separate, primary and mental, are integrated to better treat patients by filling gaps between healthcare services. The new facility, designed by InForm Smallwood + Nickle LLC (Nashville, Tenn.) and built by Orion Building […]
Featured Inspiration: LSU Interior Design Students, Faculty, and Alumni Receive 12 Regional ASID Awards
The LSU Department of Interior Design program emphasizes creative problem solving, research and analysis, and graphic skills. Student activities are supported in the design studios, which form the core of the educational experience. Here, the curriculum proves it’s worth and accuracy. In 2013, the LSU Department of Interior Design faculty, alumni, and students received a […]
Geometric Design: Children’s Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron won a competition to design a children’s hospital and a teaching/research center in Zurich, Switzerland. The design for the Children’s hospital envisions two complementary buildings that are geometrically related. The three-storey hospital building will be constructed using locally milled timber and will accommodate a series of round and rectangular plant-filled […]
The Sky Factory Does it Again
Last year, The Sky Factory was featured on the Wikoff Design Studio blog for contributing outstanding virtual skylights that Wikoff used in the design of Hospital de Cancer de Barretos. The Sky Factory, provided digital moving clouds that Wikoff had mounted above hospital beds. Research over the last several decades indicates that nature promotes healing in […]
Taking the Stress Out of Cancer Treatment: Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre
Fighting cancer is stressful. No one can argue with that. But, at the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre in Harrogate, England, they have designed a new outpatient oncology center to help alleviate stress and provide distractions to patients undergoing treatment. Scroll through the pictures below to see the innovative ways they came up with. Read […]