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Designing efficient large-scale medical centers
This shows examples of large-scale hospitals which are finding increased efficiency by centralizing facilities. Read related article "Large-scale medical centers seek efficiency in design."
The form of the new Parkland hospital, Dallas, was determined by the hospital’s clinical functions. | Architect: HDR + Corgan © 2014 Assassi Productions
For increased efficiency, back-of-house functions are shared among the three hospitals that make up University of California San Francisco’s Medical Center at Mission Bay. | image courtesy of Stantec
Grandview Medical Center, Birmingham, Ala., was repurposed from a structure originally intended to be the world’s first all-digital hospital. | Photo by Kieran Reynolds
The Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System will comprise 12 buildings connected to a central concourse. | Rendering ourtesy NBBJ
University Medical Center New Orleans replaces the city’s Charity Hospital, which flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. | Benjamin Benschneider, Courtesy NBBJ
The Orlando (Fla.) VA Medical Center covers nearly 2.4 million square feet. | Photo by Orlando © Ken West Photography
McGill University Health Centre’s Glen site consolidates a research institute, cancer center and three hospitals. | Image courtesy McGill University Health Centre