AIA Names Winners of National Healthcare Design Awards

WASHINGTON —The Washington, D.C.-based American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) has selected the recipients of the AIA National Healthcare Design Awards program.

The AIA Healthcare Awards program recognizes the best of health care building design and health care design-oriented research. Projects exhibit conceptual strengths that solve aesthetic, civic, urban and social concerns as well as the requisite functional and sustainability concerns of a hospital.

Recipients were selected in four different categories: category A: built, less than $25 million in construction cost;
category B: built, more than $25 million in construction cost; category C: unbuilt, must be commissioned for compensation by a client with the authority and intention to build;
and category D: innovations in planning and design research, built and unbuilt.

Category A

Cleveland Clinic, Brunswick Family Health Center Emergency Department; Cleveland Westlake Reed Leskosky:

This addition to the Cleveland Clinic Brunswick Family Health Center provided a new 22,500-square-foot emergency department, a processing lab, an imaging center, a second-story expansion space of 17,000 square feet intended for future fitout as exam rooms and offices and a roof top heliport.

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center Pediatric Emergency Department; Spokane, Wash.:

This addition creates a safe, calming environment for young patients in traumatic circumstances. The building’s “emergency red” panels serve as recognizable focal points on the medical campus, while a light-filled atrium accented by wood and warm colors welcomes visitors arriving from the sheltered drop-off zone. Clinical and public spaces employ graphics, art, comfortable furnishings and inspirational displays to create restorative surroundings. The Kid’s Club overlooks a healing garden, providing refuge and views for patients and their families. Advanced medical care is delivered via central care team zones close to patient care areas; glass partitions allow visual connections with acoustical privacy.



New York Hospital Queens Astoria Primary Care Clinic; Queens, N.Y.:

This new offsite primary care clinic is one in a series of new neighborhood practices intended to raise the profile of the New York Hospital Queens in the surrounding community. Located in Astoria on a corner site along a busy thoroughfare, the two-story brick building was completely gutted to accommodate new exam and consultation rooms. A perforated metal screen masks the irregular pattern of existing windows on the ground floor, allowing daylight to enter during the day and artificial light to emit a glow at night. An illuminated ceiling is visible through the full height glass, contributing to the unique presence of NYHQ in the neighborhood.

Vitenas Cosmetic Surgery and Mirror Mirror Beauty Boutique:

This ambulatory surgery center is squeezed into a tight 19,100-square-foot site that was completely redeveloped. The resulting three-story building reflects the surgeon’s personal style and emulates the quality of his cosmetic surgery practice. The exterior is clad in white metal panels, corrugated zinc panels and white plaster, which are all accented by a two-story corner "jewel box" window wall.

Category B

Bridgepoint Active Healthcare; Toronto, Canada:

Bridgepoint Active Healthcare is designed to meet the needs of those coping with complex chronic disease. It’s in a setting inspired by nature, and rehabilitation is fostered by motivating recovery through salutogenic design that connects with a person’s sense of physical and emotional well-being. There are panoramic views in every patient room, open terraces on the roof, mid-tower and at grade provide broad visual engagement with the surrounding community.

Category C



Fifth XiangYa Hospital; ChangSha, China:

The Fifth XiangYa Hospital is slated to anchor the developing community adjacent to Xianguling Park. The hospital is connected to the park, both physically and visually. The new 2,500-bed hospital will provide an integrated environment. Each half of the campus is organized around a central concourse, along which all the clinical functions are organized. The meandering inpatient towers hover above it. Two levels of service functions and parking provide the operational base below ground.

Robley Rex VA Replacement Medical Center and VBO Office Building; Louisville, Ken.:

The future Robley Rex VA Medical Center integrates nature with architecture, and patients and families will find solidarity and respite in a light-filled concourse, quiet air gardens and elevated courtyards. Designed as a full replacement of the existing facility, the new facility is planned for 1 million square feet of inpatient and outpatient services and 104 beds,

Category D

Studio Dental Mobile Unit, San Francisco
Studio Dental’s mobile unit travels to businesses, offering convenient dentistry. The 26-foot-long trailer with 230 interior square feet features a waiting area, sterilization room and two operatories. The sterilization room is hidden behind millwork panels that wrap around to form the patient waiting bench. A centralized, double-sided millwork panel houses equipment for both operatories and gestures up to 11-foot-plus ceilings with translucent sculpted skylights.