Amanda Wolfe

Your clients are guests in your practice. So treat them to an experience they deserve.

Dr. Brad Zubowsky had a plan to own two hospitals ...

The neighbors help create an image. Photos by Jessica Castillon.

Include just-for-team-member features in your new hospital. Photos by Jessica Castillon and Stephen M. Pullen.

This flashy system helps the team communicate without saying a word. Photos by Jessica Castillon.

Dr. Charles Pullen first heard the news from his daughter Lindsey.

Before, Drs. Scott McLelland and Charles Sleeth practiced in an 1,800-square-foot facility with a thriving boarding service, but they needed a new space. The building couldn't accommodate their growing practice-and the boarding facility was located across the parking lot with its own receptionist, separate from the clinic.

Dr. Gary Gallerstein knows that when clients bring their pets to the veterinarian, they're stressed out-and so are the pets.

Moving from a 3,500-square-foot facility to an 8,500-square-foot facility allowed Dr. Scott Linick, FAVD, to merge with another practice, hire two doctors, and add 7,000 new patients to his team's workload.

Temporary space, recycled materials, and the passing away of a family member: How one family pulled through and triumphed with their Hospital Design Merit Award winner.

Dr. Mona Rosenberg worked with her Southern California Realtor for several years until she found the perfect space.

A husband and wife team took a leasehold space in Simi Valley, Calif., and worked on it until they built a happy ending for Simi Valley Animal Hospital-one with satisfied clients and lots of growth.

Some might consider it over the top. But an affluent client base made high-end, luxury design a must for the owners of Calusa Veterinary Center in Boca Raton, Fla.

When neighbors closed the door on expansion, Washtenaw Veterinary Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., negotiated a lot

You don?t have to own a facility to make a major impact on your practice?s layout and design.

A humble-sized facility loaded with extras, Atascocita Animal Hospital in Humble, Texas, is the 2007 Veterinary Economics Hospital of the Year.

A large group of owners pooled money over a long period of time to build the Emergency Animal Clinic of Collin County, serving four cities.

A facility that includes regional architectural elements and projects warmth and southern hospitality, Crossroads Animal Clinic in Houston is an example of what you can achieve with design.