IIDA Healthcare Design Awards

The IIDA Healthcare Design Awards honors excellence and originality in healthcare interior design that is exemplary of extraordinary innovations in design concepts. Established in 2011, this prestigious award recognizes some of the most innovative healthcare spaces across 14 categories.

Who Should Submit
This award is open to participants with healthcare interior design projects completed within the previous two (2) calendar years.

Why Should I Submit?
Enter for the chance to have your work evaluated by world-renowned interior designers and architects that specialize in healthcare design like Kelley Dorsett, IIDA; Brett Shwery, FIIDA; and Elsie St. Leger, IIDA. Projects are judged on excellence in aesthetics, design, creativity, and function as well as the suitability of the design solution to the project challenge and the successful integration of the elements of design.

Winners are honored during an in-person event at the IIDA Headquarters in Chicago. Winners will be featured in Healthcare Design magazine, on IIDA.org, and in an official press release distributed to leading industry outlets and media partners.

When
This award is open annually, July through September—check back in July 2025 for more information about next year’s award! To be notified directly when this competition opens, contact IIDA Design Competitions Manager Veronica Whitaker at competitions@iida.org.

2025 Best of Competition

A modern lobby features curved architecture, wooden beams overhead, a sleek reception desk, and people engaging comfortably in the space. — The 2025 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards Best of Competition Winner is City of Hope - Hope Plaza by EwingCole, located in Duarte, California.

Halkin/Mason Photography, LLC

25 HDA Winner Amb Can Cen City Ewing Cole 3 — 2025 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards Best of Competition Winner

Halkin/Mason Photography, LLC

A brightly colored mural features abstract shapes in a modern lounge area with distinctive seating, creating a vibrant atmosphere for relaxation. — 2025 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards Best of Competition Winner

Halkin/Mason Photography, LLC

25 HDA Winner Amb Can Cen City Ewing Cole 5 — 2025 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards Best of Competition Winner

Halkin/Mason Photography, LLC

25 HDA Winner Amb Can Cen City Ewing Cole 6 — 2025 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards Best of Competition Winner

Halkin/Mason Photography, LLC

A healthcare setting features cubicles with nature-inspired murals. A healthcare worker assists a patient seated near a computer screen. — 2025 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards Best of Competition Winner

Halkin/Mason Photography, LLC

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2025 Transformation Innovation Award

25 HDA Winner Ext Care Long Term North IA Interior Architects 1 — IIDA's 2025 Transformation and Innovation Award Winner is North East Medical Services (NEMS) - PACE San Jose Center by IA Interior Architects located in San Jose.

Garrett Rowland

25 HDA Winner Ext Care Long Term North IA Interior Architects 2 — IIDA 2025 Transformation and Innovation Award Winner

Garrett Rowland

25 HDA Winner Ext Care Long Term North IA Interior Architects 5 — IIDA 2025 Transformation and Innovation Award Winner

Garrett Rowland

25 HDA Winner Ext Care Long Term North IA Interior Architects 6 — IIDA 2025 Transformation and Innovation Award Winner

Garrett Rowland

A spacious rehabilitation space features two patients engaging in therapy activities. A glass wall showcases greenery outside. — IIDA 2025 Transformation and Innovation Award Winner

Garrett Rowland

25 HDA Winner Ext Care Long Term North IA Interior Architects 8 — IIDA 2025 Transformation and Innovation Award Winner

Garrett Rowland

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2025 Healthcare Design Award Winners Celebration

A man with glasses and a beard sits on a grey sofa, holding a microphone, while engaging in discussion. Books and decor are nearby.

Three professionals stand together, holding awards and a project display. A screen behind them shows architectural designs.

A diverse group of four professionals poses together, smiling and holding an award, with a background showcasing a healthcare design presentation.

Three women stand together, smiling, holding an award in front of a screen displaying various interior design images.

A smiling woman and man pose together, holding an award certificate, with architectural images displayed behind them.

Two women smile as they hold an award booklet, celebrating a design win, with a presentation display featuring interiors in the background.

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2025 Jurors

**Brent Capron, IIDA**
Associate Principal and Studio Design Director, Corgan

Katy Frey, IIDA
Associate Principal and Senior Interior Designer, Kahler Slater

A smiling woman with blonde hair stands outdoors, wearing a cream-colored top, against a backdrop of urban buildings. — **Lindsey Stemle, IIDA**
Director of Interior Design, Stengel Hill

View the 2025 IIDA Healthcare Design Award winning projects here
View the 2024 IIDA Healthcare Design Award winning projects here

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