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Arizona State University Student Health Services

A Prescription for Campus Care: Lake|Flato renovates and expands an outdated health-services facility at Arizona State University, Tempe.
David M. Brown
March 16, 2013
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A Prescription for Campus Care: Lake|Flato renovates and expands an outdated health-services facility at Arizona State University, Tempe. Built as two structures in 1953 and 1968, the Health Services'Tempe Building (HSTB) at Arizona State University (ASU) had become inefficient and out of rhythm with the vibrant, growing campus around it. Designed by San Antonio'based Lake | Flato in collaboration with architect of record Orcutt | Winslow of Phoenix, the overhauled, 36,900-square-foot HSTB is light-filled, inviting, and designed for LEED Platinum certification. Its gardenlike environment is a refuge for the campus's 60,000 students when they need medical treatment and guidance. Located
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UCLA Outpatient Surgery and Medical Building

Light Touch: The Corbusian pavilions of the UCLA Outpatient Surgery and Medical Building, by Michael W. Folonis Architects, bring daylight to the patient experience.
Laura Raskin
Laura Raskin
August 16, 2012
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Michael Folonis reacted with baffled delight when he was chosen to design the 50,000-square-foot, three-story UCLA Outpatient Surgery and Medical Building in Santa Monica.


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National Center for Tumor Diseases

Across the Neckar River from Heidelberg's medieval heart, cancer researchers and patients come together in a contemporary environment.
Michael Dumiak
August 16, 2011
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In a sunlit lab filled with genotyping equipment, Dr. Christof von Kalle and colleagues at the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) plumb the secrets of cellular mechanisms that create cancers.


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National Intrepid Center of Excellence

August 16, 2011
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Owner: Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund Completion Date: June 2010 Program: A two-story, 72,000-square-foot facility for traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients at Bethesda's National Naval Medical Center. The project includes clinics; imaging facilities; spaces for physical therapy, outdoor rehabilitation, and virtual-reality-assisted rehab; offices; an auditorium; a patient lounge and coffee bar; and a skylit multipurpose space that can host activities ranging from group exercises to theater performances. Design concept and solution:The architects needed to accommodate a wide variety of programs under one roof, while creating flexible spaces that can adapt to the center's evolving needs as new findings about TBI emerge.
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University of California, San Francisco Osher Center Medical Office Building

August 16, 2011
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Owner: University of California, San Francisco Completion Date: December 2010 Program: A five-story, 56,604-square-foot medical office building on the UCSF Mount Zion hospital campus, with doctors' offices, exam rooms, staff lounges, yoga studios, spaces for education and research, and an accessible green roof with a Japanese healing garden. The building is divided between two tenants. The UCSF Medical Center, which provides outpatient services for the hospital, occupies levels 1 and 2. The Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, whose offerings include acupuncture and Ayurvedic medicine, is on floors 4 and 5, and the two offices split level 3. Design concept and
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Baylor Outpatient Cancer Center

August 16, 2011
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A 10-story, 467,000-square-foot outpatient cancer center with spaces for radiation and medical oncology, a laboratory, a pharmacy, a restaurant, a coffee shop, a gift shop, and physician offices.


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Chickasaw Nation Medical Center

August 16, 2011
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Owner: Chickasaw Nation Health System Completion Date: July 2010 Program: A three-story, 370,425-square-foot medical center combining a hospital, outpatient clinics, and an emergency department. Located on a 230-acre plot outside of Ada, the project replaces the Chickasaw Nation's former hospital there, which the community had outgrown. The new center includes a surgical suite with four operating rooms; a diagnostic imaging department; outpatient clinics for pediatrics, behavioral health, cardiology, and other specialties; a pharmacy; and a chapel. Design concept and solution: In designing the largest public facility supported by the Chickasaw government, the architects were charged with treating the hospital as
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