AKRON, Ohio — Construction on a 368,000-square-foot addition to the Akron Children’s Hospital met an important milestone on April 2 with the installation of the facility’s final support beam. The topping out ceremony was hosted two weeks earlier than expected, despite a season of harsh weather.
NEWNAN, Ga. — Batson-Cook Company, headquartered in West Point, Ga., has returned to Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at Southeastern Regional Medical Center (SRMC) to complete a $48 million addition that will provide advanced cancer treatment services.
CHEROKEE, N.C. — Tribal leaders representing the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation have broken ground on the new Cherokee Indian Hospital (CIH) campus. When completed in early 2016, the 150,000-square-foot health care facility will serve an estimated 15,000 members across western North Carolina.
CARTERVILLE, Ill. — A final 22-foot long, 250-pound steel beam marked the topping out of Southern Illinois Healthcare Center’s (SIH) new cancer center.
SAN FRANCISCO — To increase product transparency and usability, the Cradle to Cradle Innovation Institute (CCII) has launched the Cradle to Cradle Certified Product Registry.
DETROIT — The Detroit Medical Center has transformed a previously underused storage space into a 24-hour observation unit using healthy building strategies.
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — For many hospitals and clinics, reducing recovery times, decreasing stress and cultivating happier employees tops the institutional wish list.
The rapidly evolving ways health care providers are caring for their patients and the new information on the built environment’s effect on the healing process is transforming health care design from the inside out.
As a dedicated health care architect I’ve learned to approach design challenges with the goal of harmonizing requirements that are often diametrically opposed.
APPLETON, Wis.