Healing Garden's New Dimension: Edible Gardens
In response to the popularity of healing gardens in healthcare, landscape architects are pushing these spaces forward with the introduction of an edible concept, providing more textures, colors,...
View ArticleTop 5 Landscape Architecture Stories from the HCD Archives
In honor of National Landscape Architecture Month, I've selected five landscaping stories from HEALTHCARE DESIGN's back pages highlighting innovative exteriors.
View ArticleTaking the Garden Path to Health
Many healing gardens put on paper and budgeted for are often value engineered out of a project. But considering the benefits these spaces can have on those who visit them, can healthcare really do...
View ArticleTranslating Healing Through Exterior Spaces
Johns Hopkins Hospital focused on delivering an environment that promotes healing, high levels of care, and offers staff a calm workplace by bringing together a team that could help translate these...
View ArticleChildren's Hospitals Take Healing Outside
With childhood obesity rates growing across the United States, hospitals re-establish the lost connection between children and nature by providing onsite healing gardens and outdoor activities for...
View ArticlePHOTO TOUR: Alegent Creighton Health Mercy Hospital Healing Garden
Take a walk through the healing garden of Alegent Creighton Health Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, completed fall 2011.
View ArticleThere’s More to Architecture than Meets the Eye
Blind architect Chris Downey, a keynote speaker at the 2012 HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference, provides a glimpse into his world, proving that effective architecture and design depend on much more than...
View ArticleExpansion Further Integrates Stamford Hospital into its Urban Landscape
A master plan for growth at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, Conn., calls for a new 30-acre site. After securing land in its current neighborhood, plans are now in place for a redevelopment of the campus...
View ArticleHospital Rooftop Gardens Benefit Patients, Improve Environment
Planning and execution of the Barbara Truland Butz Healing Garden at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville, Md., involved a collaborative process and thoughtful design.
View ArticlePalomar Medical Center: Teaming up for the "Hospital of the Future"
A variety of innovative approaches were used by the design and construction teams that brought the 740,000-square-foot Palomar Medical Center to life.
View ArticlePHOTO TOUR: Puyallup Medical Center
Take a virtual walk through Group Health Cooperative's Puyallup Medical Center in Puyallup, Wash., completed in December 2012.
View ArticleHealthcare Design Pulse: Coolest Facility Roofs
A roundup of the best, most interesting, and/or most innovative designs and trends we're seeing right now.
View ArticleModel Update: Nemours Children's Hospital
Nemours Children’s Hospital recreates the garden grounds of its Delaware sister hospital while taking a fresh approach to care delivery and design.
View ArticleNemours Children's Hospital: Project Breakdown
Details on the Nemours Children's Hospital Project—opened October 2012—including costs, design team, and suppliers.
View ArticleMore Than A Sign
Using integrated environmental graphics to transform healthcare environments. Read on for IIDA CEUs.
View ArticleTake A Walk On The Wild Side
Neatly groomed lawns or flowy patches of grass? "Access to nature" takes an interesting turn as more research suggests that the style of plantings in healthcare settings may affect patients differently.
View ArticleDesigning Access To Nature In Healthcare
Research sheds light on what approaches work best when creating connections to the natural world in healthcare environments.
View ArticlePHOTO TOUR: Storyland Garden, Children’s – St. Paul
Take a virtual walk through the rooftop healing garden at the St. Paul campus of Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, completed in fall 2012.
View ArticleMNH: Hospital Of The Future With A Four Seasons Twist
The private Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital makes its mark with a balance of luxurious amenities and well-orchestrated operations.
View ArticleSense Of Place: Tata Medical Centre Creates Hospital In A Garden Setting
The center uses local materials and family-centric design elements to break down the barriers of cancer care at its India hospital.
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