International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is excited to announce the winners of the 2025 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards. These awards recognize design firms for creativity and innovation in the design of healthcare facilities across fifteen categories within Ambulatory, Extended Care and Assisted Living Facilities, and Hospitals.
“In a moment of time where healthcare remains at the forefront of our lives, these projects showcase the power that design has in shaping how humans experience comfort and care,” said IIDA Executive Vice President and CEO, Cheryl S. Durst, Hon. FIIDA. “We are proud to honor these teams and projects, which reflect some of the very best of our industry and speak to the power design has to affect our health and wellbeing.”
Projects were reviewed by a panel of healthcare design professionals, including Corgan Associate Principal and Studio Design Director, Brent Capron, IIDA, AIA; Kahler Slater Associate Principal and Interior Design Team Leader, Katy Frey, IIDA; and Stengel Hill Director of Interior Design, Lindsey Stemle, IIDA.
“This year’s winning firms exemplify how design can transform, not just within a space but how those experiencing it feel,” Frey said on behalf of the jury. “Creating thoughtful spaces that not only bring comfort to patients but also empower staff with efficient and human centered solutions.”
The recipients of the 2025 Healthcare Design Awards include:
Ambulatory — Surgery Center
Design Firm: Ballinger | Ennead
Project: Inova Health Center – Oakville
Ambulatory — Cancer Center
Design Firm: EwingCole
Project: City of Hope – Hope Plaza
Design Firm: Perkins&Will
Project: Cone Health MedCenter Asheboro
Ambulatory — Pediatric
Design Firm: Perkins&Will
Project: The Children’s Health Plano Heart Center Cardiology and Fetal Clinic
Design Firm: Taylor Design in association with SmithGroup
Project: Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Ambulatory — Specialty Clinic
Design Firm: Gresham Smith
Project: Cooper Green Mercy Health Multidisciplinary Outpatient Clinic
Design Firm: Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, Inc.
Project: Veterans Affairs Fredericksburg Health Care Clinic
Ambulatory — Urgent Care Center
Design Firm: SMRT Architects & Engineers
Project: University of Vermont Health Network, Howard Center Mental Health Urgent Care
Extended Care & Assisted Living Facilities — Independent
Design Firm: Rodrigo Vargas Design
Project: The Variel
Extended Care & Assisted Living Facilities — Long-term Care
Design Firm: IA Interior Architects
Project: North East Medical Services (NEMS) – PACE San Jose Center
Extended Care & Assisted Living Facilities — Skilled Nursing Facility
Design Firm: Gawron Turgeon Dillon Architects, P.C.
Project: Rose Villa | Madrona Grove
Hospitals — Community
Design Firm: HGA
Project: Norman Regional Healthplex Renovation and Expansion
Design Firm: Perkins&Will
Project: Methodist Celina Medical Center
Hospitals — Pediatric
Design Firm: HDR
Project: Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Institute for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Nemours Children’s Hospital
Design Firm: ZGF Architects in association with GBBN
Project: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Critical Care Expansion and Renovation
Hospitals — Psychiatric
Design Firm: CannonDesign
Project: UW Medicine Center for Behavioral Health and Learning
All winners will be honored and the Best of Competition as well as the Transformation and Innovation Award recipients will be announced during a celebration at IIDA Headquarters in Chicago on November 13. All winning projects can be viewed on the IIDA.org. For questions in regard to this or other IIDA design competitions, please contact competitions@IIDA.org.
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