The International Interior Design Association (IIDA; Chicago) named the winners of its 2023 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards, which recognize originality and excellence in design and furnishings in healthcare spaces.
Projects were reviewed by a panel of healthcare design professionals, including Lilliana Alvarado, founder and principal Uphealing Inc. (Bedford, N.H.); Aimee Burmaster Hicks, principal and interior design director, Page (Dallas); and Stephanie Fallon, director of interiors, PhiloWilke Partnership (Houston).
Submissions were judged in specific categories, including ambulatory, hospitals, and extended care and assisted living facilities. For 2023, Essentia Health, St. Mary’s Medical Center, in Duluth, Minn., by firm EwingCole, was named Best of Competition.
The Transformation & Innovation Award was given to Community of Hope Family Health and Birth Center, in Washington, D.C., by firm Gensler.
Here’s a list of all the 2023 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards:
Ambulatory — Cancer Center
Project: FirstHealth of the Carolinas – Moore Regional Hospital Cancer Center
Firm: CPL
Ambulatory — Pediatric
Project: Tandläkargruppen Täby Centrum
Firm: Living Design of Sweden
Project: St. Jude Family Commons
Firm: ICRAVE
Ambulatory — Specialty Clinic
Project: Community of Hope Family Health and Birth Center
Firm: Gensler
Extended Care and Assisted Living Facilities — Independent Living
Project: Corso Atlanta
Firm: THW Design
Hospitals — Academic/Teaching
Project: Atrium Health David L. Conlan Center at Carolinas Rehabilitation
Firm: NBBJ
Hospitals — Community
Project: Essentia Health, St. Mary’s Medical Center
Firm: EwingCole
Project: Acibadem Atasehir Hospital
Firm: Gensler
Hospitals — Pediatric
Project: Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s
Firm: HGA
Project: Renown Health Regional Campus, Tahoe Tower Level 5 NICU/PICU
Firm: Perkins&Will
Hospitals — Psychiatric
Project: Children’s Pavilion
Firm: Array Architects
Hospitals — Women’s
Project: Virginia Mason Birthing Center
Firm: Perkins&Will
