by Brianna Crandall — July 31, 2015—The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) has selected the recipients of the AIA National Healthcare Design Awards program.
The AIA Healthcare Awards program showcases the best of healthcare building design and healthcare design-oriented research. Projects exhibit conceptual strengths that solve aesthetic, civic, urban, and social concerns as well as the requisite functional and sustainability concerns of a hospital. Recipients were selected in four different categories.
Category A: Built, Less than $25 million in construction cost
- Cleveland Clinic, Brunswick Family Health Center Emergency Department; Cleveland, OH; Westlake Reed Leskosky
- Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center Pediatric Emergency Department; Spokane, WA; Mahlum
- New York Hospital Queens Astoria Primary Care Clinic; Queens, NY; Michielli + Wyetzner Architects
- Vitenas Cosmetic Surgery and Mirror Mirror Beauty Boutique; Houston, TX; Harrell Architects, LP
Category B: Built, More than $25 million in construction cost
- Bridgepoint Active Healthcare; Toronto, ON, Canada; Planning, Design and Compliance Architects: Stantec Architecture / KPMB Architects; Design, Build, Finance and Maintain Architects: HDR Architecture / Diamond Schmitt Architects
Category C: Unbuilt, Must be commissioned for compensation by a client with the authority and intention to build
- Fifth XiangYa Hospital; Changsha, China; Payette
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Robley Rex VA Replacement Medical Center and VBO Office Building; Louisville, KY; URS/SmithGroup Joint Venture
Category D: Innovations in Planning and Design Research, Built and Unbuilt
- Studio Dental Mobile Unit; Montalba Architects, Inc.
