Healthcare Design Award 2025

June 5, 2025

Celebrating innovative healthcare projects that solve design, civic, and social challenges with functional, sustainable solutions—from hospitals and clinics to wellness and diagnostic centers.

Healthcare Design Award
Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Venice, main entry day, flad architects
Edward Caruso

Honoring the best in healthcare building design 

The Healthcare Design Award recognizes innovative projects that help solve aesthetic, civic, urban, and social problems while also being functional and sustainable. Project types include outpatient centers, hospital expansions, diagnostic and treatment facilities, community-based clinics, children’s hospitals, and wellness centers.

 

Esperanza Health Center

Esperanza Health Center

This two-story facility expands health services and senior programming in Chicago’s Brighton Park, occupying a full city block. Alongside an existing structure, it creates a civic plaza and strengthens Esperanza’s commitment to accessible, community-based healthcare and medical education.
Building exterior

Jefferson Health Care Honickman Center

With a pleated glass façade and open lobby, this urban health center blends clinical care with civic life. Its inclusive design supports neurodivergent and neurotypical patients, emphasizing accessibility, calm, and connection in the heart of Philadelphia.
Malone tower exterior

Malone Family Tower

This hospital expansion reconnects city and care, with a transparent façade inspired by Maine’s landscapes. It integrates seamlessly into the urban context, enhancing hospital access while embodying its community-centered mission.
Stanford school of medicine exterior

Stanford School of Medicine Center for Academic Medicine

Located in a historic arboretum, this academic facility features three office wings around a central courtyard. It promotes collaboration and wellness, serving as a tranquil gateway to Stanford’s School of Medicine.
UW medicine exterior

UW Medicine, Center for Behavioral Health and Learning

This integrated six-story facility offers compassionate mental healthcare by uniting physical and behavioral health services. Designed to transform treatment in Washington, it fosters dignity, healing, and holistic well-being.
Victory wellness center exterior

Victory Wellness Center

Adaptive reuse transforms a mid-century warehouse into a contemporary health center. Retaining historic elements while enhancing sustainability and community connection, the design introduces a modern façade and reinvigorates the North Hollywood site.
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The indoor public spaces begin with a glazed winter garden that provides a hotel-like entry experience. The use of natural planting as well as warm and comforting building material such as wood soffits and textured brick reduce visitors' and patients' anxiety and provide a welcoming, clear, and convenient entry for the community.
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Healthcare Design Award 2024
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Winship Cancer Institute at Emory Midtown brings more than 455,000 square feet of integrated inpatient, outpatient, and research facilities to the Emory University Hospital campus and Winship Cancer Institute.
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Winship Cancer Institute at Emory Midtown
June 15, 2024

The award-winning design for Winship Cancer Institute at Emory Midtown in Atlanta personalizes the cancer treatment experience, providing top-notch care while remembering the humanity of patients and

Radiology Center Facade
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VA Palo Alto Medical Center, Radiology Center
June 15, 2024

The award-winning design for VA Palo Alto Medical Center, Radiology Center in Palo Alto, Calif. prioritizes care for veterans who have experienced mental and physical trauma in an intentionally