Healthcare
Our designs are healing, comforting, and support the most technologically advanced procedures. We prioritize the well-being of staff, patients, and their families through rigorous programming and planning.
Healthcare
Our designs are healing, comforting, and support the most technologically advanced procedures. We prioritize the well-being of staff, patients, and their families through rigorous programming and planning.
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Pediatrics
Designing the future of pediatric medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital
Hale Family Building
In 1912, we broke ground on our first project with Boston Children’s Hospital. More than a century later, we’re partnering with the hospital again, this time to spearhead the largest expansion in its history.
The Latest
Adams Neurosciences Center Nears Substantial Completion
High-Profile features the Adams Neurosciences Center at Yale New Haven Health’s Saint Raphael Campus is approaching substantial completion, a major milestone for one of the most significant healthcare projects in Connecticut. Designed as...
Banker & Tradesman: Big Hospital Projects Bookend a Career
Former Principal Cathleen Lange, AIA, LEED AP, is featured in Banker & Tradesman in a profile that reflects on her four-decade career in healthcare design, a career that has been defined by major hospital projects. The article traces...
Where Workforce Strategy Meets Facility Design
Principal Michelle Amberson, AIA, ACHA, EDAC, and Principal Jason Costello, AIA, LEED AP, are featured in Healthcare Facilities Today, exploring how healthcare design can directly address one of the industry’s most pressing challenges:...
Industry Perspectives: Healthcare Design in a Time of Change
Shepley Bulfinch is featured in Healthcare Design’s 2026 A/E/C Survey: Insights From Industry Leaders—Part 2, highlighting how firms across the industry are navigating a rapidly shifting landscape shaped by financial pressures, evolving...
Nevada’s First Standalone Children’s Hospital Receives Key Approvals
Intermountain Health Children’s Hospital, Nevada’s first standalone children’s hospital has reached a significant milestone, receiving unanimous approvals from the Clark County Zoning Commission, as reported by the Las Vegas...
The Change Curve
By Michelle Amberson, AIA, ACHA, EDACWhat if that unexpected change request is actually your design’s secret weapon? In design studios everywhere, the words “we have a revision” tend to land with a thud. Client changes, often framed as...
Better Design with a “Brain Break”
By Scott Mueller, AIA, ACHA, NCARB and Cathleen Lange, AIA, LEED AP, supported by Jennifer Aliber, FAIA, FACHA, LEED AP, Katie Chambers, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP, John Malnati, AIA, LEED AP, Kira Rosenbaum, AIA, LEED GA, and Andre P. Kamili, AIA, LEED APYale New Haven...
Boston Children’s Hospital Wins Green Good Design Award
The Hale Family Building of Boston Children’s Hospital was recognized by The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design in the Green Good Design Sustainability...
Reimagining Birth Through Design
Join Senior Architect, Clinical Experience Planner Deb Polzin-Rosenberg, RN, AIA, at University of New England for a presentation at the Maternal Health Innovation Expo. Deb will be joined by Kim Holden, AIA, CABD, Founder of Doula x...
Sunrise Session: Codes Are Your Friend
Join Principal Jason Costello, AIA, LEED AP, at the American Society for Healthcare Engineering 2026 PDC Summit. Together with representatives from CannonDesign, Code Red, HKS, and RWJ Barnabas, Jason will present on the intricacies of the...
Medical Centers
Healthcare that Rises Above
Mayo Clinic
East Expansion
A 330,000-sf hospital and clinic renovation and expansion resulting in a new high-rise tower prioritizes innovation, longevity, and the highest level of care through a Big Room design approach.
Expertise
With over a century of experience, we are experts in master planning for a range of hospital clients—from large, urban academic medical centers to modest, rural community hospitals. Our departmental master plans ensure that vital clinical areas are positioned to evolve to changing needs.