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2018 Award winners

Healthcare Design (Over 25,000 sqm)

Lead judge: Marte Lauvsnes, Sykehusbygg, Norway
Panel judges:
Tricia Down, North Bristol NHS Trust, UK; Ganesh Suntharalingam, Intensive Care Society, UK

Winner: Omagh Hospital and Primary Care Complex, UK

Commissioned by the Western Health 
and Social Care Trust
Designed by
TODD Architects, with Hall Black Douglas

Highly commended: Joseph and Rosalie Segal Family Health Centre, Canada

Commissioned by Fraser Health
Designed by
Parkin Architects Western

Highly commended: University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, USA

Commissioned by Board of Regents State of Iowa, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Designed by
CBRE/Heery

Healthcare Design (Under 25,000 sqm)

Lead judge: Liesbeth Van Heel, senior policy advisor, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Netherlands
Panel judges:
Coen van den Wijngaart, Art & Build, Belgium; Hank Adams, HDR, USA

Winner: Maternity Unit at Kachumbala Health Centre 3, Uganda


Designed by HKS Architects and EFOD

Highly commended: St Andrew’s Hospital, Eastern Clinical Development, Australia

Commissioned by St Andrew’s Hospital
Designed by
wiltshire + swain architects

Highly commended: Waterfall House, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK

Commissioned by Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Designed by
BDP

Mental Health Design

Lead judge: Jonathan Erskine, European Health Property Network, UK
Panel judges:
Alice Liang, Montgomery Sisam, Canada; Mungo Smith, MAAP, Australia

Winner: Psykiatrisygehus i Vejle (Mental Health Hospital in Vejle), Denmark

Commissioned by Region of Syddanmark, Denmark
Designed by
Arkitema Architects

Highly commended: Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Westerstede, Germany

Designed by GSP Gerlach Schneider Partner Architekten

Interior Design and Arts

Lead judge: Alexandra Coulter, director, Arts & Health South West, UK
Panel judges:
Vivienne Reiss, arts consultant, UK; Pam Bate, Hopkins Architects, UK

Winner: COACH – Centre for Overweight Adolescent and Children’s Healthcare, Netherlands

Commissioned by Maastricht UMC+
Designed by
Tinker imagineers

Highly commended: Renovation of Radboud UMC Dentistry, Netherlands

Commissioned by Radboud UMC
Designed by
Wiegerinck Architecten Arnhem BV in collaboration with Ex Interiors

Highly commended: University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, USA

Commissioned by Board of Regents State of Iowa, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Designed by
CBRE | Heery

Future Healthcare Design

Lead judge: Cliff Harvey, director, Union of International Architects Public Health Group, Canada
Panel judges:
Yvonne Lim, MoHH, Singapore; Hieronimus Nickl, Nickl & Partner, Germany

Winner: Hospital of “Île de Nantes”, new healthcare district of Nantes, France

Commissioned by le Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes
Designed by
Art & Build Architects in collaboration with Pargade Architectes, Artelia, Signes Paysage

Highly commended: Children’s Hospital Copenhagen (BørneRiget), Denmark

Commissioned by the Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet) and Ole Kirk’s Foundation
Designed by
3XN Architects, Arkitema, Niras, Kristine Jensens Tegnestue and Rosan Bosch Studio

Highly commended: Desa Semesta, Indonesia

Commissioned by Semesta Foundation
Designed by
Magi Design Studio

Highly commended: The National University for Oral Health, Singapore (NUCOHS), Singapore

Commissioned by NUH (National University Hospital), NUS (National University of Health) and FoD (Faculty of Dentistry)
Designed by
B+H Architects in collaboration with Architects 61

Design for Adaptation and Transformation

Lead judge: Visiting Professor Jim Chapman, Manchester School of Architecture, UK
Panel judges:
Chris Shaw, Medical Architecture, UK; Jane McElroy, NBBJ, UK

Winner: The Halo, UK

Commissioned by Health Services Laboratories
Designed by
Steffian Bradley Architects

Design Innovation for Quality Improvement

Lead judge: Jonathan West, Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art, UK
Panel judges:
Christine Chadwick, GE Healthcare, Canada; Danny Gibson, MJ Medical, UK

Winner: High-Risk Pregnancy Toolkit, Netherlands

Commissioned by the Philips Foundation
Developed by
the International Committee of the Red Cross and Philips Design

Highly commended: Carebnb: a new concept for short-term light care in your own neighbourhood, Netherlands

Designed by de Jong Gortemaker Algra architecten en ingenieurs, and Aziza Aachiche

Design for Health and Wellness

Lead judge: Dr Liz Paslawsky, consultant advisor, SALUS Global Knowledge Exchange, Australia
Panel judges:
Helina Kotilainen, architect, Finland; Jonathan Wilson, Stantec, UK

Winner: Maternity Unit at Kachumbala Health Centre 3, Uganda


Designed by HKS Architects and EFOD

Highly commended: Kalasatama Health and Wellbeing Center, Finland

Commissioned by City of Helsinki
Designed by
Helin & Co Architects

Highly commended: Omagh Hospital and Primary Care Complex, UK

Commissioned by the Western Health 
and Social Care Trust
Designed by
TODD Architects, with Hall Black Douglas

Health and Life Sciences Design

Lead judge: David Powell, development director, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, UK
Panel judges:
Karin Imoberdorf, Lead Consultants, Switzerland; Tye Farrow, Farrow Partnership Architects, Canada

Winner: The Francis Crick Institute, UK

Designed by HOK with PLP Architecture

Highly commended: Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), UK

Commissioned by Cardiff University
Designed by
IBI Group

Highly commended: Center for Stroke and Dementia Research, Germany

Commissioned by Staatliches Bauamt München 2, Germany
Designed by
Nickl & Partner Architekten AG

Design Research

Judge: Dr Göran Lindahl PhD, Chalmers, Sweden; Tampere University of Technology, Finland

Winner: Agency in the paediatric hospital: architectural strategies to support independence and empowerment


Authored by Dr Rebecca McLaughlan PhD, Research fellow, Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne; Dr Stephanie Liddicoat-Ocampo PhD, Architectural researcher, University of Melbourne

Susan Francis Design Champion

The accolade, named after one of the UK’s great minds and practitioners in healthcare design, the late Susan Francis, is presented to a visionary healthcare leader who has championed, advocated and monitored the value of design across one or more major healthcare projects, working in close collaboration with multiple stakeholders to deliver excellence and set new standards in design quality.

Winner: Bas Molenaar

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