Monday, March 2, 2009

Case Medical Center Cancer Hospital

Case Medical Center Cancer Hospital Honored with American Architecture Award

Case Medical Center Cancer Hospital Honored with American Architecture Award

The University Hospitals, Case Medical Center Cancer Hospital has been recognized with an American Architecture Award by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, a program which honors and celebrates the most outstanding accomplishments for architecture designed and built in the United States by leading American and international design firms.

The Case Medical Center Cancer Hospital was among 65 distinguished buildings selected in this prestigious design competition.

Located on the University Hospitals Case Medical Center campus in Cleveland Ohio, the 320,000 sf Cancer Hospital triples the size of the existing hospital, consolidating activities previously dispersed among seven different locations, optimizing patient care, and fostering synergy among providers.

"Continuity with the surrounding campus fabric, connectivity with adjacent buildings, creation of a gateway to the campus, and clear patient wayfinding were all important design considerations," noted Design Principal George Z. Nikolajevich, FAIA, "as was the integration of healing gardens." Clinical pods for cancer treatment are designed to address specific patient populations.

Additional services include patient and public education programs, diagnostic imaging, infusion therapy, radiation oncology, an expanded breast center, and conference facilities.

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