Contract Magazine's 2011 Healthcare Environment Awards

Recognizing innovative designs that enhance the quality of healthcare delivery, Contract magazine, along with The Center for Health Design and the Vendome Group, honor distinctive designs in healthcare at the Healthcare Environment Awards.

The annual competition honors projects in six categories--Acute (inpatient) Care Facilities, Ambulatory (outpatient) Care Facilities, Long-Term Care/Assisted Living Facilities, Health and Fitness Facilities, Landscape Design, and Conceptual Design. A student category also will be judged for projects in healthcare products (furniture, furnishings, etc.); healthcare settings (patient areas, examination rooms, corridors, etc.); or technology (equipment, systems, etc.).

2011 Winners will be announced in the October issue of Contract and honored at an awards ceremony on November 15 at 11:45 a.m. during HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11, which will be held this year on November 13 to November 16 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville. Winning projects will be showcased at the event and on contractdesign.com.

>> View the 2010 Winners  

Projects are judged by a panel of designers and architects—Rosalyn Cama, FASID, president and principal, Cama, Inc.; Bobbie Fisch, CID, LEED AP, principal, Tom Eliot Fisch; Randy Guillot, AIA, principal, Cannon Design; and Sue Firestone, founder and chair of sfa design. Evaluations will be based on visual and graphic images, a demonstrated response to the program statement, a demonstrated partnership between the client and design professionals, and client feedback and testimony that the project seeks to improve the quality of healthcare offered.

The competition is sponsored by Contract magazine in association with The Center for Health Design, the HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11, and The Vendome Group.