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Barlow Respiratory Hospital

Call for presentations for Healthcare Design Conference 2014
Deadline for submissions is Jan. 24, 2014
The Healthcare Design Conference, presented by Healthcare Design magazine and The Center for
Health Design, is accepting presentation proposals for the 2014 event, to be held Nov. 15-18, in San
Diego.
Topics should be suited to the event's educational nature and can include (but are not limited to):
evidence-based design research studies, reports and case studies, patient safety and satisfaction,
high-performance hospital/sustainable practices, ambulatory care, remodel/renovation/conversion
projects, and more.
The deadline for submissions is Jan. 24, 2014. For more information, contact Jen Wilcox, director
of education, The Center for Health Design, at 925-521-9404, ext. 119, or at jwilcox@healthdesign.
org; or Alison Berger, program manager, The Center for Health Design,
925-521-9404, ext. 129, or at aberger@healthdesign.org.

HCDmagazine.com 12.13

In the November 2013 issue, incorrect photo credits
were provided to Healthcare
Design for some of the images
published in the article "Desert
Debut," beginning on page 130.
The following photos should be
credited "© Sarah Mechling-
Perkins Eastman": page 134,
top; page 135, bottom; page
136, all photos; page 137, all
photos; page 138, all photos.
The remaining photos remain
credited "© Gerry O'Leary." The
digital version of the article has
been updated to reflect these
changes and can be found at
www.hcdmagazine.com/magazine-issue/november-2013.

HGA ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS (BARLOW); HKS INC. (SANFORD)

The new $80 million Barlow Respiratory Hospital, being constructed on the outskirts of downtown Los
Angeles, plans to tackle the realities of providing respiratory care, which often requires extended stays. To
do so, the design team is creating a space that's comfortable for both patients and family members while supporting education on continuing care after discharge.
The acute care facility is designed by HGA Architects and Engineers
(Los Angeles) and will replace an existing structure that was built in 1927.
The building sits against a hillside, creating a gentle curvature that
serves as a metaphor for the act of breathing. This curve not only
eliminates sharp corners but also allows all patient rooms to be visually
accessible from nurses' stations.
As a way of countering the impact of cost and schedule, the building is separated into a component governed by California's Office of
CORRECTIONS
Statewide Health Planning Development (OSHPD) and a non-OSHPD
An incorrect image ran in the
article "Sanford Fargo Medical
component.
Center Unveils Architectural
Designed to achieve LEED Silver certification, the facility is schedRenderings" on page 16 of
uled to begin construction in early 2014, with a completion date of late
Monitor in the November 2013
2016.-Satoshi Teshima, associate vice president, HGA Architects and
issue. The correct rendering
is shown above, and a revised
Engineers (Los Angeles)
article can be found at www.
hcdmagazine.com/sanford.

http://www.hcdmagazine.com/sanford http://www.hcdmagazine.com/maga http://www.HCDmagazine.com

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