CHICAGO — International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is excited to announce the winners of the 2023 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards. These awards recognize design firms for creativity and innovation in the design of healthcare facilities across seven categories within Ambulatory, Extended Care and Assisted Living Facilities, and Hospitals.

“The ever-growing needs for healthcare environments are a critical focus locally, regionally and globally,” said IIDA Executive Vice President and CEO, Cheryl S. Durst, Hon. FIIDA. “It’s awe-inspiring to see designers like these bridging their creative visions with the care and composition of patients, functional needs of facilities administrators, and the communities they must serve from now and into the future.”

Projects were reviewed by a panel of healthcare design professionals, including Uphealing Inc. Founder and Principal, Lilliana Alvarado, IIDA, CHID; Page Principal and Interior Design Director, Aimee Burmaster Hicks, IIDA, CHID, RID; and PhiloWilke Director of Interiors, Stephanie Fallon, IIDA, CHID.

“This year’s winners’ displayed sophistication, boldness, and technicality – just a few of the important key elements needed create advanced healthcare environments like these,” Burmaster Hicks said on behalf of the jury. “The jury was mesmerized with the multi-faceted achievements of these projects and how they are moving the future of the healthcare environment boldly forward.”

The 2023 Healthcare Design Awards recipients include:

Ambulatory — Cancer Center
Design Firm: CPL
Project: FirstHealth of the Carolinas - Moore Regional Hospital Cancer Center

Ambulatory — Pediatric
Design Firm: Living Design of Sweden
Project: Tandläkargruppen Täby Centrum

Design Firm: ICRAVE
Project: St. Jude Family Commons

Ambulatory — Specialty Clinic
Design Firm: Gensler
Project: Community of Hope Family Health and Birth Center

Extended Care and Assisted Living Facilities — Independent Living
Design Firm: THW Design
Project: Corso Atlanta

Hospitals — Academic/Teaching
Design Firm: NBBJ
Project: Atrium Health David L. Conlan Center at Carolinas Rehabilitation

Hospitals — Community
Design Firm: EwingCole
Project: Essentia Health, St. Mary's Medical Center

Design Firm: Gensler
Project: Acibadem Atasehir Hospital

Hospitals — Pediatric
Design Firm: HGA
Project: Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s

Design Firm: Perkins&Will
Project: Renown Health Regional Campus, Tahoe Tower Level 5 NICU/PICU

Hospitals — Psychiatric
Design Firm: Array Architects
Project: Children's Pavilion

Hospitals — Women’s
Design Firm: Perkins&Will
Project: Virginia Mason Birthing Center


All winners will be honored and the Best of Competition as well as the Transformation and Innovation award recipients will be announced during a celebration at IIDA Headquarters in Chicago on October 12. All winning projects can be viewed on the IIDA.org. For questions in regards to this or other IIDA design competitions, please contact competitions@IIDA.org.