Healthcare Master Planning
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 meet contemporary standards, incorporate new technologies, and are positioned to evolve and adapt to changing needs.
Healthcare Master Planning
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 meet contemporary standards, incorporate new technologies, and are positioned to evolve and adapt to changing needs.
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Yale New Haven Health
Saint Raphael Campus
The Saint Raphael Campus Master Plan provided opportunities for Yale New Haven Hospital’s growth initiatives and department expansions, allowing it to transform from a single hospital into a dual-facility campus.
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Healthcare Design Conference: Building Together
Join Consulting Principal Jennifer Aliber, FAIA, FACHA, LEED AP, Senior Architect, Senior Associate Jane Galli, AIA, LEED AP, at the Healthcare Design Conference.Through a workshop-style session, Jane will help participants to examine how...
Creating Healthcare Campus Master Plans That Allow Movement and Respite
In a recent Healthcare Facilities Today article, Principal Andre Kamili, AIA, LEED AP, explores how healthcare campus planning can do more than accommodate future growth. Thoughtful master plans can shape how patients, families, staff, and visitors experience a...
Zero Elbow Room: Planning Considerations for Tight Medical Campus
by Andre Kamili, AIA, LEED APMany academic medical campuses have been around close to a century (if not more). Over time, these campuses have grown and now fill every available site. Fast forward to today, expanding in one of these tight,...
Designing for the First Moments: Planning and Designing Special Delivery Units
By Andre Kamili, AIA, LEED AP and Michelle Amberson, AIA, ACHA, EDACJohn R. Oishei Children's Hospital, Buffalo, NY. Photo by Tim Wilkes.Some bundles of love come with bundles of medical concerns, requiring specialized hospital care and facilities. The special...
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...
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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.