dvm360 Hospital Design Competition announces 2018 winners
Two hospitals earn top honors as co-Hospitals of the Year.
Sixteen practices entered this year's dvm360 Hospital Design Competition* and seven earned awards in the 2018 competition-a Specialty Hospital of the Year, a General Practice Hospital of the Year and five Merit Award winners. Here are some interesting stats about the pool of entrants:
> The average project total cost was $3,561,657.
> The average square footage of the projects was 9,091 square feet.
> There were six renovations and 10 new construction projects.
> There were 14 freestanding buildings and two leasehold spaces.
Keep an eye out for tip-filled feature articles and gorgeous color photographs on these award-winning designs in the coming months right here on dvm360.com and in print in dvm360 magazine and Vetted. And watch for the special Hospital Design Supplement coming with dvm360 magazine's June 2018 issue for more tips, tricks and ideas from all of this year's winners that you can borrow to implement in your future projects.
Check out the winners on the pages that follow, but don't forget to cast your vote from all 16 hospitals for the People's Choice Award competition. Voting ends March 31!
*Formerly the Veterinary Economics Hospital Design Competition. Read more about this change here.
Did you build an amazing facility of your own? Enter the 2019 dvm360 Hospital Design Competition. Learn more here.
Specialty Hospital of the Year:
Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital by Ethos-Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Owners: Drs. Donald Ostwald, Lenny Jonas and Lori Wise; Marianne Mallonee, CVPM
Number of doctors: 55
Exam rooms: 27
Total cost: $16,455,073
Cost per square foot: $333.01
Square footage: 37,819
Structure type: Addition, renovation
Architect: Brad Haswell, Studio DH Architecture
Secondary architect: Tony Cochrane, Animal Arts
Photographer: Tim Murphy, Murphy Foto Imagery
Month they'll be featured in dvm360 and Vetted magazines: March
General Practice Hospital of the Year:
Northpointe Veterinary Hospital-Yuba City, California
Owner: Dr. Steven Sanders
Number of doctors: 12
Exam rooms: 8
Total cost: $4,880,534
Cost per square foot: $367.90
Square footage: 9,419
Structure type: Freestanding, new
Architect: Richard Rauh, Rauhaus Freedenfeld & Associates
Photographer: Larry Falke, Falke Photography
Month they'll be featured in dvm360 and Vetted magazines: April
Merit Award winners:
Noah's Westside Animal Hospital-Indianapolis, Indiana
Owners: Dr. Mike Thomas, Chad Thomas
Number of doctors: 10
Exam rooms: 11
Total cost: $4,726,774
Cost per square foot: $207.71
Square footage: 14,877
Structure type: Freestanding, new
Architect: Wayne Usiak, BDA Architecture
Photographer: Jonathan Bednarski, Fotovan
Month they'll be featured in dvm360 magazine: May
Care Animal Hospital of Pleasant Prairie-Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
Owners: Drs. Russell Brewer, Rebecca Wilsey-Brewer
Number of doctors: 6
Exam rooms: 10
Total cost: $4,472,758
Cost per square foot: $268
Square footage: 11,836
Structure type: Freestanding, new
Architect: Steve Klessig, Keller Inc.
Secondary architect: Edward Klister, Birschbach & Associates
Photographer: Jennifer Pelphrey, Pelphrey Photography
Month they'll be featured in dvm360 magazine: July
Door County Veterinary Hospital-Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Owner: Dr. Jordan Kobilca
Number of doctors: 2
Exam rooms: 4
Total cost: $1,438,713
Cost per square foot: $305.05
Square footage: 4,100
Structure type: Freestanding, new
Architect: Jeremy Lueck, DeLeers Construction
Secondary architect: Kelly Kueper, Integrity Engineering
Photographer: Cathy Carter, Fotosold
Month they'll be featured in dvm360 magazine: August
Gold Coast Center for Veterinary Care-Huntington, New York
Owner: Dr. Alan Coren
Number of doctors: 6
Exam rooms: 8
Total cost: $4,348,772
Cost per square foot: $319
Square footage: 5,783
Structure type: Freestanding, new
Architect: Warren Freedenfeld, Rauhaus Freedenfeld & Associates
Photographer: Howard Doughty, Architectural Photography
Month they'll be featured in dvm360 magazine: September
Queenstown Veterinary Hospital-Queenstown, Maryland
Owner: Dr. Marianne Bailey
Number of doctors: 4
Exam rooms: 5
Total cost: $2,043,000
Cost per square foot: $385
Square footage: 1,900
Structure type: Freestanding, new
Architect: Mark Moore, FMD Architects
Photographer: Lori Gross, Red Leash Pet Photography
Month they'll be featured in dvm360 magazine: October
