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Watch on-demand: Key Trends in the Healthcare Facilities Market for 2024-2025

Join the Building Design+Construction editorial team for this on-demand webinar on key trends, innovations, and opportunities in the $65 billion U.S. healthcare buildings market. A panel of healthcare design and construction experts present their latest projects, trends, innovations, opportunities, and data/research on key healthcare facilities sub-sectors. A 2024-2025 U.S. healthcare facilities market outlook is also presented.




Mass Timber

British Columbia hospital features mass timber community hall

The Cowichan District Hospital Replacement Project in Duncan, British Columbia, features an expansive community hall featuring mass timber construction. The hall, designed to promote social interaction and connection to give patients, families, and staff a warm and welcoming environment, connects a Diagnostic and Treatment (“D&T”) Block and Inpatient Tower.

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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.

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”
Healthcare Facilities | May 27, 2015

Roadmap for creating an effective sustainability program in healthcare environments

With a constant drive for operational efficiencies and reduction of costs under an outcome-based healthcare environment, there are increasing pressures to ensure that sustainability initiatives are not only cost effective, but socially and environmentally responsible. CBRE's Dyann Hamilton offers tips on establishing a strong program.

Healthcare Facilities | May 27, 2015

Rochester, Minn., looks to escape Twin Cities’ shadow with $6.5 billion biotech development

The 20-year plan would also be a boon to Mayo Clinic, this city’s best-known address.

Healthcare Facilities | HDR | Apr 28, 2015

10 things about Ebola from Eagleson Institute's infectious disease colloquium

Research institutions know how to handle life-threatening, highly contagious diseases like Ebola in the lab, but how do we handle them in healthcare settings?

Green | Apr 22, 2015

AIA Committee on the Environment recognizes Top 10 Green Projects

Seattle's Bullitt Center and the University Center at The New School are among AIA's top 10 green buildings for 2015.

Building Team Awards | Apr 10, 2015

14 projects that push AEC teaming to the limits

From Lean construction to tri-party IPD to advanced BIM/VDC coordination, these 14 Building Teams demonstrate the power of collaboration in delivering award-winning buildings. These are the 2015 Building Team Award winners.

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