This home away from home was created to combine the comforts of home with professional medical care for the terminally ill. Thus, the first hospice house in New York State was envisioned for Visiting Nurse Services of Suffolk.Hospice care typically is provided by nurses who visit a patient at home or in an institutional setting. This facility was created for patients who were too sick to be cared for...

Christine Guzzo Vickery (HGA)Christine Guzzo Vickery, CID, is an associate VP and interior designer at HGA Architects and Engineers in Minneapolis. She has worked with healthcare systems across the country and has focused her career on designing supportive, healing healthcare environments that inspire patients, family, and staff. Brian Scott (Independent Consultant)Brian Scott is an independent consultant...

Issue Date:April 2010,Posted On:3/30/2010 Urban oasisProject SummaryCompleted: Spring 2009Architecture, interior design, environmental graphic design, and donor recognition: Stanley Beaman Sears (Principal-in-Charge: Kimberly Stanley, AIA; Director of Design: Betsy Beaman, AIA; Project Manager: Veronique Pryor, AIA, LEED AP; Project Architect: Jennifer Wilkinson, AIA; Associate Director of Design:...

(GS), a multidisciplinary design and consulting firm, announces it was recognized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in their National Healthcare Design Awards. Awarded in the “Unbuilt” category, the conceptual design of the Seoul National University Hospital Medical Mall in Seoul, South Korea, encompasses 56,000 square meters and includes three floors of outpatient clinics,...

Clark Design/Build of California has been awarded the Highland Hospital Acute Tower Replacement project by the County of Alameda, California. The team, led by Clark, includes SmithGroup as lead architect and Ratcliff and Shah Kawasaki Architects as associate architects. The $430.8 million contract includes construction of replacement facilities to be completed in three phases over seven years, making...

Over half of architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting firms (55%) are budgeting less for information technology in 2009 than they did in 2008, according to a new report from ZweigWhite. The 2009 Information Technology Survey reports that firms 2009 IT budgets are a median of 3.3% of net service revenue, down from 3.6% in 2008. Firms planning to decrease spending are expected to do so...

Issue Date:September 2003,Posted On:9/1/2003 RELATING FACILITY DESIGN TO ORGANIZATION DESIGNHOW CHANGING THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT CAN CHANGE YOUR OPERATIONS by D. KIRK HAMILTON, FAIA, FACHA Most healthcare organizations maintain a strategic plan, reg-ularly updated to respond to changes in their competitive, economic, technical, and regulatory environments. As the context changes, strategy must keep...

Henry Domke Fine Art provides fine-art nature prints for healthcare interiors, including archival paper prints up to 4′ 9′, canvas prints (for larger images), and high-resolution digital files for printing onto acrylic, wallpaper, and other surfaces. The company creates images that fit a facility’s specifications for size and cropping.Circle 20 on Reader Service CardSound-insulated...

The new Hexham General Hospital in Northumberland, Northern England, is a general acute healthcare facility with 98 beds; it also accommodates four operating rooms, an ambulatory care center, four radiology rooms, outpatient services, a pharmacy, a pathology department, therapy services, an education center, and a complete range of hospital support services. The project also includes a primary care...

Judged by leading experts in the field of architecture, design, and buildand chaired by the special advisor for health at the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)the awards are well respected and considered the benchmark in industry best practice….