Presenting the Case: Lecterns and Sound Systems for Health Care Settings
Hospitals are unique institutions. Far more than just buildings where doctors treat patients, hospitals and other health care facilities are microcosm communities with sectors dedicated to education, business, entertainment and even spiritual functions.


Mock-ups can provide an undeniable value to teams designing new health care spaces. Repetitive project elements are excellent candidates for careful testing before significant time and money is spent on construction.
JOPLIN, Mo. — Builders are celebrating the substantial completion of the building enclosure of the new $335 million, 875,000-square-foot Mercy Hospital Joplin.
SEATTLE — Phase 3.1 of the University of Washington’s Medicine Research Complex has achieved LEED Gold certification.
ORANGE, Calif. — Repeatedly recognized for its excellent design, the brightly colored Bill Holmes Tower at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County opened in March 2013 following a construction process that applied the high-tech tools and lean principles.
WAYNE, Penn — Hospitals are some of the most energy-intensive buildings in the United States. The EPA estimates that hospitals use more than eight percent of all energy sources and 1.4 percent of the electricity generated in the country spending more than $8 billion on energy each year.
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In the past, designing security systems in health care settings — defined for this article as the electronic systems providing video surveillance (CCTV), access control and intrusion detections — was often overlooked during the design process.
SALT LAKE CITY — Billionaire and four-time cancer survivor Jon Huntsman Sr. announced earlier this month that the cancer research center that bears his name will soon double in size.
NEW YORK — Perkins+Will making strides to create green, healthy health care facilities to promote the healing of patients and pave a new path for sustainable hospital design.