Healthcare

St. Clair Hospital established the goal of creating warm, inviting lobbies that might be more akin to the hospitality industry than a typical hospital. The resulting design provides warm finishes, comfortable, semi-private seating areas, and a central information center. The fourth-floor lobby also serves the Hospital’s Conference Center that was included in the renovation project. […]

The renovation of multiple nursing units at Allegheny Valley Hospital provides a dramatic improvement for the patient rooms, corridors, and nurse stations. Five nursing units were designed with varying degrees of improvement. The 3D / Orthopedics Unit that is pictured was a complete demolition and redesign of an existing med/surg nursing unit that accounted for

This project renovated 21 patient rooms and the central nurse’s station at Butler Memorial Hospital. While no changes were made to the configuration of the patient rooms, significant improvements were made to the patient-care environment. New interior finishes created a warmer, more caring environment. Lighting throughout the unit was updated with more energy-efficient and design-friendly

The Children’s Home and Lemieux Family Center is a one of a kind healthcare facility that provides specialized transitional pediatric care.  It was the first Hospital of its kind in the state of Pennsylvania.  When the opportunity arose to expand their hospital facilities, goals were established to design family-focused patient rooms like no others. Two new

This project included alterations to the 2nd floor Electrophysiology Catheterization Lab on the second floor of Butler Memorial Hospital. The ceiling was demolished and replaced, the finishes were removed and replaced, and new equipment was installed. A new air handler was also installed to provide HVAC to the space. Portions of the work included new

WVU Medicine saw a critical need in their community for an Intensive Care Unit for newborn infants with serious medical issues. The project created a new Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through the renovation of space close to their Labor, Delivery and Post-Partum Unit. The NICU is well organized for the efficient delivery of care that allows parents to

Berkeley Medical Center sought to improve their patient experience on the 2nd floor Progressive Care Unit by converting semi-private rooms to all private rooms. The project was constructed in multiple phases and created 20 private rooms. DRAW Collective established a standard of using custom-printed wall protection of each patient headwall. The natural imagery provides a

DRAW Collective and Higley Construction assisted WVU Medicine’s Berkeley Medical Center in the exploration of a new Women’s and Children’s Center. The DRAW Collective team completed this study through design development, including design for each floor, renderings of the proposed expansion, anticipated building system design, and the cost estimate for construction. The approximately 120,000 square

As small community hospitals work to bring life-saving services to their communities, the decisions to include advanced technologies in their capital improvements are made with great care.  The Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber’s new Cardiac Catheterization Lab was a significant investment in the Hospital’s medical infrastructure and reaffirmed their commitment to the Windber community.

Hospitals, doctors, and developers, who invest in outpatient centers, surgery centers, and medical office buildings want facilities that allow them to provide effective and efficient patient care and that offer a unique identity for the Hospital and physicians who are the building’s tenants. This new Ambulatory Surgery Center and Medical Office Building designed for Harmony