Winners Announced for IIDA 4th Annual Healthcare Interior Design Competition

CHICAGO, Ill. — The winners of the The International Interior Design Association’s 2015 Healthcare Interior Design Competition have been announced. The competition honors and celebrates outstanding originality and excellence in the design and furnishings of healthcare interior spaces.

This year, a jury of distinguished design professionals awarded Best of Competition honors to EwingCole in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for their project, Memorial Sloan Kettering Ambulatory Cancer Center. The EwingCole project was also recognized as winner in the Ambulatory Care Centers – Outpatient Clinics category.

Judging the competition this year were Lisa Herriott, IIDA, LEED AP, ID+C, interior designer, project manager, UW Medicine/Harborview Medical Center; Jennifer K. Kenson, IIDA, EDAC, principal, Healthcare Interior Design, Francis Cauffman and Kimberly L. Overton, LEED AP.

The judges were particularly impressed not only by the serene and calming feeling of the center, but also because the facility is located within a repurposed building which, in itself, brings myriad design challenges. Winners of this year’s competition are:

AMBULATORY CARE CENTERS
Outpatient Clinics
Best of Competition

Project Name: Memorial Sloan Kettering Ambulatory Cancer Center, West Harrison, New York
Firm: EwingCole, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Project Name: Upstate Cancer Center, Syracuse, New York
Firm: EwingCole, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

MEDICAL PRACTICE SUITES
Project Name: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Pediatrics and OB-GYN Suite, Washington, D.C.
Firm: VOA Associates, Washington, D.C.

MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING PUBLIC SPACE
Project Name: Palo Alto Medical Foundation, San Carlos Center, San Carlos, California
Firm: NBBJ, Seattle, Washington

HOSPITALS
Community/Academic/Teaching Hospitals

Project Name: University Medical Center – New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
Firm:NBBJ, Seattle, WA / Blitch Knevel, New Orleans, Louisiana Women’s

Project Name: Chongqing Angel Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Chongqing, China
Firm: Robarts Spaces Ltd., Beijing, China

SENIOR LIVING & RESIDENTIAL HEALTH, CARE, AND SUPPORT FACILITIES
Nursing Homes

Project Name: Alden Estates of Evanston, Evanston, Illinois
Firm: Alden Design Group, Inc., Chicago, Illinois Community-based Service Facilities

Project Name: Town Hall Apartments, Chicago, Illinois
Firm: Gensler, Chicago, Illinois

Visit the IIDA website for images of the 2015 Healthcare Interior Design Competition winners.