designwire daily | Healthcare

Friday, September 30, 2011

Clinton Global Initiative and USGBC Announce Children’s Project for Haiti

by Ian Volner | posted 12:00 pm

The USGBC has pledged to build a children’s center for the earthquake-stricken nation.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Bucky Fuller-Inspired Installation at Houston Research Facility

by Deborah Wilk | posted 12:00 pm

As the health-care sector of the industry continues to surge, we’re delighted to watch clients realize how large a part design can play in healing and wellness, not to mention quests for cures. The latest such project to cross our path is the University of Texas’s Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging Research.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

First People's Hospital National Healthcare Design Awards AIA

National Healthcare Design Awards Announced

by Ian Volner | posted 2:00 pm

The AIA’s annual prize is going to three firms with projects in the US and abroad.

Monday, August 8, 2011

Mike Tyson and CBS Collaborate with Nurture by Steelcase

by Laurel Petriello | posted 2:00 pm

He’s a lover, not a fighter. Last night’s episode of “Same Name,” a new show in the CBS primetime lineup that showcases a guest celebrity who walks in the shoes of a regular person of the same namesake, featured former boxer Mike Tyson who swapped lives with local Grand Rapids Mike Tyson, a nurse connected with the city’s Metro Health Breton Health Center. Showcasing his softer side, the athlete collaborated with the television network and Nurture by Steelcase to redesign the waiting room of the outpatient facility that provides medical care for low-income families.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Rafael Viñoly Architects Completes UCSF Stem Cell Building

by Nicholas Tamarin | posted 11:00 am

The prolific New York-based architecture firm is targeting LEED Gold for groundbreaking medical center while celebrating the groundbreaking of their upcoming Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Introducting LEED for Healthcare

by Ian Volner | posted 2:00 pm

The green-building certification program jumps into the medical sector with a new rating system for hospitals and health clinics.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute KPF

Methodist Hospital Research Institute by KPF & WHR Launches in Houston

by Deborah Wilk | posted 1:00 pm

Texas Medical Center—the world’s largest with 34 million square feet of patient care, education, and research space equaling the office space of what could be termed the country’s 12th largest business district—got even bigger this month with the opening of The Methodist Hospital Research Institute.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Seoul National University Hospital Medical Mall

AIA Selects Four for National Healthcare Design Awards

by Nicholas Tamarin | posted 1:00 pm

The annual honors, for projects that “exhibit conceptual strengths that solve aesthetic, civic, urban, and social concerns as well as the requisite functional and sustainability concerns of a hospital,” were awarded in three categories.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Anshen Allen Valley Health Center California

Stantec Moves to Acquire Anshen + Allen

by | posted 1:00 pm

Design consulting firm Stantec announced today its executives have signed a letter of intent to acquire Anshen + Allen, one of North America’s leading health care architectural firms—ranked 6th in Interior Design’s 2009 Healthcare Giants survey.

Friday, July 16, 2010

AAHID and Nurture Name Graduate Research Grant Winner

by Nicholas Tamarin | posted 1:00 pm

The American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers and Steelcase’s healthcare company are awarding their second annual fellowship to Chia-Hui Wang.