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New surgical tower is largest addition to UNC Health campus in Chapel Hill

Construction on UNC Health’s North Carolina Surgical Hospital, the largest addition to the Chapel Hill campus since it was built in 1952, was recently completed. The seven-story, 375,000-sf structure houses 26 operating rooms, four of which are hybrid size to accommodate additional equipment and technology for newly developed procedures. 




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Healthcare Facilities

From hospitals to research facilities, healthcare buildings are essential to the health of the world’s population, as well as medical innovation. Designing these structures requires a delicate balance of technical requirements with the needs of doctors and patients, but when done right, these designs can save lives.

Giants 400 | Aug 6, 2015

GIANTS 300 REPORT: Top 115 Healthcare Architecture Firms

HDR, Stantec, and Perkins+Will top Building Design+Construction's 2015 ranking of the largest healthcare architecture and architecture/engineering firms in the U.S. 

Giants 400 | Aug 6, 2015

HEALTHCARE AEC GIANTS: Hospital and medical office construction facing a slow but steady recovery

Construction of hospitals and medical offices is expected to shake off its lethargy in 2015 and recover modestly over the next several years, according to BD+C's 2015 Giants 300 report.

Contractors | Jul 29, 2015

Consensus Construction Forecast: Double-digit growth expected for commercial sector in 2015, 2016

Despite the adverse weather conditions that curtailed design and construction activity in the first quarter of the year, the overall construction market has performed extremely well to date, according to AIA's latest Consensus Construction Forecast.

Healthcare Facilities | Jul 23, 2015

David Adjaye unveils design for pediatric cancer treatment center in Rwanda

The metallic, geometric façade is based on the region’s traditional Imigongo art.

Healthcare Facilities | Jul 22, 2015

Best of healthcare design: 8 projects win AIA National Healthcare Design Awards

Montalba Architects' prototype mobile dental unit and Westlake Reed Leskosky's modern addition to the Cleveland Clinic Brunswick Family Health Center highlight the winning projects.

Healthcare Facilities | Jul 8, 2015

From Subway to Walgreens, healthcare campuses embrace retail chains in the name of patient convenience

Most retail in healthcare discussions today are focused on integrating ambulatory care into traditional retail settings. Another trend that is not as well noted is the migration of retailers onto acute care campuses, writes CBRE Healthcare's Craig Beam.  

Healthcare Facilities | Jul 6, 2015

The main noisemakers in healthcare facilities: behavior and technology

Over the past few decades, numerous research studies have concluded that noise in hospitals can have a deleterious effect on patient care and recovery.

University Buildings | Perkins and Will | Jun 29, 2015

Ensuring today’s medical education facilities fit tomorrow’s healthcare

Through thought-leading design, medical schools have the unique opportunity to meet the needs of today’s medical students and more fully prepare them for their future healthcare careers. Perkins+Will’s Heidi Costello offers five key design factors to improve and influence medical education.

Healthcare Facilities | Jun 23, 2015

Texas eye surgery center captures attention in commercial neighborhood

The team wanted to build an eye surgery center in an already established area but provide something clean and fresh compared to neighboring buildings.

Healthcare Facilities | Jun 16, 2015

Heatherwick’s design for cancer center branch has ‘healing power’

The architect describes it as “a collection of stepped planter elements”
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