Health
Transforming healthcare places
At Â鶹´«Ã½, we design places that are vital¡ªefficient, beautiful, and technologically robust. Spaces that optimize the experience and well-being of patients, families, and caregivers. Our passion and progressive thinking have made us a leader in healthcare planning and design for more than five decades. Through our designs, we put our clients at the forefront of best practice, technology innovation, and high-performance healthcare delivery.Discovering our client¡¯s culture allows us the opportunity to enhance their mission and advance health within their communities.
Featured News
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Â鶹´«Ã½ receives four Canadian Consulting Engineering AwardsRead More
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Â鶹´«Ã½ providing planning, design, and conformance services for the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority Redevelopment ProjectRead More
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Â鶹´«Ã½ to lead design services for three Vancouver Island long-term care homesRead More
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Â鶹´«Ã½-designed UCSF Bayfront Medical Building opens on growing Mission Bay campusRead More
Sustainable healthcare design
As we meet the challenges of climate change and increasing healthcare demands, resilient and sustainable healthcare design emerges as vital. Our cross-disciplinary design approach integrates innovative technologies and sustainable materials to enhance wellness and efficiency while reducing carbon emissions. We can help you achieve decarbonization and net zero goals with strategies that focus on performance, operational efficiency, green building design and certification, and climate resilience. Read MoreShowcase of care
The patient experience starts with a thoughtful design that creates a place of comfort and well-being. Our team designs innovative spaces that address the physical, mental, and emotional health of patients, their families, and the care team. Some of our most impactful recent work was featured in Healthcare Design magazine¡¯s 2021 Showcase. Read MoreEngagement, Execution, Excellence
We embrace the virtual nature of collaboration at Â鶹´«Ã½ within our Buildings practice and continue to provide meaningful engagement with our clients in this way. Low carbon ¨C high energy is at the core of our virtual project delivery. Passion and compassion for each health sector client¡¯s vision is reinforced through our three pillars of engagement, execution, and excellence. Read MoreDesign strategies for health
How much of a building can we construct offsite? How granular can modularity be? In today¡¯s fast-paced construction market, a modular approach offers versatility and advantages that have designers thinking bigger, and smaller, about the possibilities for incorporating prefabricated components. We¡¯ve created a roadmap of the process from start to finish, and some highlights of our best practice solutions for consideration on your specific project opportunity. Read MoreCleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
The Cleveland Clinic¡¯s devotion to design, and its impact on a patient¡¯s treatment, is the inspiration behind its new Taussig Cancer Center, designed by William Rawn Associates Architects, Inc. and Â鶹´«Ã½. Organized by cancer type, it centralizes patient appointments in one area. Natural light and views are abundant. The interior design features minimal palette of glass, wood and brushed steel and creates a sense of calm and comfort. Read MoreUCSF Precision Cancer Medicine Building
The Precision Cancer Medicine Building solves a complex puzzle for UCSF at the Mission Bay Campus by consolidating UCSF¡¯s current solid tumor practices. In addition to clinic space for most cancers, it houses chemotherapy infusion, radiology, pathology, radiation oncology, blood draw, a patient resource center, and support services. The design integrates research and clinical care and encourage collaboration between researchers and medical teams. Read MoreCortellucci Vaughan Hospital
Vaughan is one of Canada¡¯s fastest growing cities. The city¡¯s quick growth has outpaced the government¡¯s ability to develop community services, including access to convenient access to high quality healthcare. The new $1.3 billion Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital, now under construction on a 36-acre greenfield campus, is about to change all that. Read MoreWe work at the intersection of best practice, medical technology, and care delivery
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Construction Value
21M+
Square Feet
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Top Architecture
Whether your project is large or small, our team provides design solutions that drive us all toward a healthier future.
You¡¯d need more than 360 football fields to cover the same amount of space.
We are consistently ranked among the top five design firms in the healthcare space by Modern Healthcare.
Our People
Brenda Bush-Moline, Senior Vice President, Business Leader, Buildings
Discovering our client¡¯s culture allows us the opportunity to enhance their mission and advance health within their communities.
Collin Beers , Senior Principal. Architecture
I enjoy the range of activities in design. From developing strategy to the details of getting a renovation project done, I get energized by engaging with my clients.
Annie Coull, Senior Architect, Healthcare
Healthcare architecture is the result of a perfect fusion of the ordinary and extraordinary, and this is manifested most creatively in environments for children.
David Martin, Vice President, Global Design Director, Buildings
My passion is engaging with our clients, synthesizing their needs and opportunities into a convergence of form, function, and beauty.
Tariq Amlani, Senior Principal, Buildings, Health Sector Leader
Driven to become a top design consultant, I have helped deliver cutting edge technologies for healthcare and education across the country.
Jeff Hankin, Senior Principal, Business Center Practice Leader
My passion is to connect people and ideas.
Ena Kenny, Principal
My hope is to create uplifting spaces that serve people, and support the health of people and the planet.
Diana Degenkolb, Principal, Electrical Engineer
Innovative, sustainable designs for lighting and electrical distribution systems in buildings can help the world live, heal, and thrive
Services
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Architecture
We create spaces that are engaging and uplifting, that contribute to our collective sense of health and well-being, and encourage the sustainable stewardship of our communities.
Interior Design
As humans, we spend a significant portion of our daily lives inside. We believe our emotional and physical well-being is dramatically impacted by the places where we live, work, and play.
Buildings Engineering
With decades of innovation and experience under our belts we¡¯re engineering a promising future leveraging the best in building systems, technology, energy analysis, and sustainable performance.
Lean Design & Consulting
With our knowledge of 3P process and our multidisciplinary teams, use of multi-scale mockups and real time operational enactments, we help you build or repurpose your facility to eliminate inefficiency.
Sustainability & Building Performance
We blend art and science to help clients realize the full potential of their projects in terms of life cycle cost, energy efficiency, carbon reduction, human health, and wellness.
Landscape Architecture
Whether it's an urban park, a restored wetland, an athletic complex, or a waterfront destination--through analysis, planning, and design, we create inspired landscapes that reflect context and user needs.
Urban Planning & Design
Our plans help harness the forces reshaping North American communities. We create places that are authentic, green, walkable, connected and diverse. ?
Lighting Design
We're illuminating the promise of place by creating visually dynamic lighting environments that enhance forms, colors, and textures to reveal architecture¡¯s beauty.
Physical Security
Intelligent design. Inventive solutions. When it comes to protecting critical assets, our physical security design specialists are with you every step of the way.
Digital Practice
Technology is reshaping the way we approach design. Our digital practice team helps us push the boundaries of practice, leveraging the power of technology to deliver transformational results for our clients.
Commissioning & Validation
We consider building systems a performing art¡ªto us, success lies in an opening day where there are no operational surprises.
Visioning. Brands. Experiences.
We create tangible, experiential, and memorable places. Transformative experiences that enhance real estate values and bring people back to a place again and again.
Alternative Project Delivery
Nobody has done more P3 Healthcare than us, and we use a variety of strategies that deliver on the speed and cost control that you need when renovating or expanding your buildings.
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Become a client
Partner with us today to change how tomorrow looks. You¡¯re exactly what¡¯s needed to help us make it happen in your community.
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Design your career
Work with passionate people who are experts in their field. Our teams love what they do and are driven by how their work makes an impact on the communities they serve.