The 2021 Symposium Distinction Award Winners were honored at the annual Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo at the Austin Convention Center in Texas. The awards program recognizes design teams, projects and individuals who have made a profound contribution to the healthcare design industry. The program accepts submissions of all types and sizes of patient care-related facilities. In addition, it recognizes the best and most innovative new products within the healthcare design & construction industry. For more details, visit hcarefaciliites.com/awards.asp.
The 2021 Symposium Distinction Award Winners are:
Product Awards


Most Innovative
Spatio Metrics: a software product that gives healthcare designers the data needed to champion design for outcomes.
Most Sustainable & Architects’ Choice
Vaask: a hand-sanitizer fixture featuring all-metal construction, real finishes of bronze and stainless steel and high-capacity cartridges.
Design Awards
User-Centered Award
Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion submitted by NBBJ
Team Award
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Omaha VA Ambulatory Care Center submitted by LEO A DALY
Adaptive Reuse Award
Pediatric Outpatient Center at Children’s National Research and Innovation Campus submitted by Array Architects


