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IIDA Healthcare Design Awards

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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 2024 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.

2024 Best of Competition

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The 2024 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards Best of Competition Winner was Whitman-Walker Health, Max Robinson Center, Perkins&Will, located in Washington D.C.

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The 2024 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards Best of Competition Winner was Whitman-Walker Health, Max Robinson Center, Perkins&Will, located in Washington D.C.

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The 2024 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards Best of Competition Winner was Whitman-Walker Health, Max Robinson Center, Perkins&Will, located in Washington D.C.

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The 2024 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards Best of Competition Winner was Whitman-Walker Health, Max Robinson Center, Perkins&Will, located in Washington D.C.

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The 2024 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards Best of Competition Winner was Whitman-Walker Health, Max Robinson Center, Perkins&Will, located in Washington D.C.

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2024 Healthcare Design Awards Event

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2024 Jurors

Christa Barr juror HS
Christa Barr, IIDA
Project Manager and Senior Designer
Spellman Brady & Company
Julie Barfuss juror HS
Julie Barfuss, IIDA
Interior Designer, Leasing Development & Design
Veterans Health Administration
Paul cooper juror HS
Paul Cooper, IIDA
Interior Design Specialist, Facilities Planning and Design
Lee Health

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For questions and more information regarding IIDA Design Awards and Competitions, please contact competitions@iida.org.

With 11 annual and one biennial competitions, IIDA awards projects spanning global regions, firm size, categories/types, student work, and product and showroom design. Interior design and architecture firms of all sizes, including women and minority-owned businesses are welcome to apply.