CHICAGO — International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is excited to announce the winners of the 2024 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards. These awards recognize design firms for creativity and innovation in the design of healthcare facilities across fourteen categories within Ambulatory, Extended Care and Assisted Living Facilities, and Hospitals.

“The healthcare environment is constantly changing, yet the global demand for quality care combined with the experience of the patient and care staff within the space, remains essential,” said IIDA Executive Vice President and CEO, Cheryl S. Durst, Hon. FIIDA. “The ingenuity and effectiveness demonstrated by these winning firms showcase their ability to intertwine functionality with well-being, increasing the benchmark for the future of healthcare design every year.”

Projects were reviewed by a panel of healthcare design professionals, including Spellman Brady & Company Project Manager and Senior Designer, Christa Barr, IIDA, CHID; Veterans Health Administration Leasing Development & Design Interior Designer, Julie Barfuss, IIDA; and Lee Health Facilities Planning and Design Interior Design Specialist, Paul Cooper, IIDA, CHID.

“This year's winners transformed the healthcare environment through their strategic placement of color, texture, and artwork,” Cooper said on behalf of the jury. “Their projects not only evoke a feeling of comfort and safety, they demonstrate an understanding of the technical demands of these spaces.”

The 2024 Healthcare Design Awards recipients include:

Ambulatory — Ambulatory Surgery Center
Design Firm: Array Architects
Project: Cooper University Health Care Moorestown Campus

Design Firm: Perkins&Will
Project: UChicago Medicine Crown Point

Ambulatory — Cancer Center
Design Firm: HDR
Project: Rush University Medical Center Joan & Paul Rubschlager Building

Ambulatory — Pediatric
Design Firm: Page
Project: Texas Children's Hospital North Austin Campus

Ambulatory — Specialty Clinic
Design Firm: Page
Project: Cook Family Health Education and Learning (HEAL) Wellness Center at Houston Methodist

Design Firm: Perkins&Will
Project: Whitman-Walker Health, Max Robinson Center

Extended Care & Assisted Living Facilities — Long-term Care
Design Firm: CannonDesign + Montgomery Sisam Architects
Project: West Park Healthcare Centre

Extended Care & Assisted Living Facilities — Mental Health
Design Firm: BCRA + BWBR
Project: Oak Cottage Behavioral Health Facility at Maple Lane

Extended Care & Assisted Living Facilities — Skilled Nursing Facility
Design Firm: SmithGroup
Project: Masonic Homes Covina, Citrus Heights Health Center

Hospitals — Academic / Teaching Hospitals
Design Firm: Perkins&Will
Project: Malone Family Tower

Hospitals — Community
Design Firm: HGA
Project: ThedaCare – Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Center

Design Firm: HKS and KPS Group
Project: Medical West Hospital

Hospitals — Pediatric
Design Firm: Gresham Smith
Project: Methodist Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital CVICU Expansion

Design Firm: Shepley Bulfinch
Project: Boston Children's Hospital Hale Family Building

Hospitals — Psychiatric
Design Firm: Gresham Smith
Project: Sarasota Memorial Hospital Cornell Behavioral Health Pavilion

Design Firm: IKM Architecture
Project: Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Forbes Hospital Emergency Department Behavioral Health Suite

Hospitals — Women's
Design Firm: Marmon Mok Architecture in Association with ZGF Architects
Project: University Health Women's & Children's Hospital

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 November 6. All winning projects can be viewed on the IIDA.org.

For questions in regard to this or other IIDA design competitions, please contact competitions@IIDA.org.