McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture (MPS; Greenville, S.C.), an architecture, planning, and advisory services firm, acquired Virgo Gambill Architects (Martinez, Ga.). The deal will expand MPS’ presence, including in the healthcare sector, across Georgia. The acquisition makes the eighth Southeast office and second office in Georgia for MPS. The post McMillan Pazdan Smith Acquires Virgo Gambill Architects first appeared on HCD Magazine. healthcare

The managing principal at HDR in Seattle discusses his drive to create meaningful change through architecture, address climate change with regenerative design, and share his love for nature with his children. What drew you to a career in healthcare design? The dedication and focus that healthcare clients—the nurses, doctors, and administrators—bring to the care spaces for their patients is inspiring. When your client cares so deeply for the outcome of your work, it brings extra meaning to the practice of healthcare

Since opening in 1955, Children’s Hospital of New Orleans has experienced a lot of growth, becoming one of the largest freestanding pediatric hospitals in Louisiana. While departments and other support spaces within the facility have been renovated to keep up with that evolution, a master plan approach had not been undertaken in all those years. By 2015, the hospital was beginning to show its age with outdated and inefficient layouts. For example, its loading dock was located next to the healthcare

Nonprofit Community of Hope (COH) provides healthcare, housing, and supportive services for low-income families in Washington, D.C. One of its three healthcare clinics in Ward 5, the Family Health and Birth Center, serves as the only freestanding birthing center in the capital city. When the organization learned the building housing that center had been sold, COH turned the situation into an opportunity. Leaders sought out a new, bigger space within its existing neighborhood that could accommodate its nationally accredited birth healthcare