The Healthcare Environment Awards—presented by The Center for Health Design in partnership with Healthcare Design magazine—recognize facility designs that enhance experiences, increase organizational efficiency, improve safety, and positively affect outcomes. Each year, participants submit projects in such categories as acute care, ambulatory care, long-term/assisted living, behavioral health, conceptual design, and student design work.
The 2023 winners were celebrated during an awards ceremony at the most recent Healthcare Design Conference + Expo in New Orleans. Here’s a quick look at the three winning built projects along with the student winner.
Credit: Jono Parker (Te Huhi)
Te Huhi Raupō – Taranaki Base Hospital Renal Unit
Submitted by Warren and Mahoney and Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand
Credit: Nigel Young © 2022 PennFIRST (Pavilion)
The Pavilion At The Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania
Submitted by PennFIRST (HDR, Foster + Partners, L.F. Driscoll, BR+A, Balfour Beatty)
Credit: Halkin Mason Photography (Community of Hope)
Community Of Hope Family Health & Birth Center
Submitted by Gensler and Community of Hope
Credit: © 2023 Helen Herget and Anna Kubiak (Aging in Community)
Student Design Winner: Aging In Community
Submitted by TU Vienna, Helen Herget and Anna Kubiak
Additional Healthcare Environment Awards
Conceptual Design Winners:
- Reviving Care: Evidence-Based Mindful Design to Combat Burnout, submitted by the University of Florida and Perkins&Will
- Papillio Domos: Children’s Hospice, submitted by Little Diversified Architectural Consulting
Student Design Honorable Mention:
- Cardiac OR and Inpatient ICU Unit, submitted by Kent State University, Yasmin Faisal
For more details on these projects, visit healthdesign.org.
Kristin D. Zeit is a contributing editor at Healthcare Design and can be reached at kristinzeit@gmail.com.
