Hospital Design

The pandemic brought abrupt change to the practice of veterinary medicine. Here’s why and how these adaptations can actually advance the future of your veterinary practice.

Curtail stressors, increase staff productivity, and enable smoother transitions from the client's car to treatment spaces using these design concepts.

Heal Veterinary Clinic recently transitioned into an environmentally-friendly facility, powered by a brand-new solar electric system.

Dream big, then trim your plan as needed and get your best hospital possible.

Warmth and charm welcome clients like family into this quick-growing Connecticut mixed animal practice.

A much-needed renovation and addition put this specialty and emergency veterinary hospital in the digs they deserve—and earned them top honors as the over 8000-square-feet Hospital of the Year.

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A local fixture’s exponential growth offers better care for all.

Top honors went to Fenton River Animal Hospital in Stafford Springs, Connecticut, and VCA West Coast Specialty and Emergency Animal Hospital in Fountain Valley, California.

Creative elements tie together this Louisiana charmer.

Building a new hospital created more opportunities for career growth as well as better care for the community.

If you are looking to build a new veterinary hospital or renovate an existing facility, make sure you first understand the financial factors that can make—or break—your project.

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The year may be coming to a close, but it has brought lasting changes affecting how veterinary hospitals must operate to succeed in 2021.

A modern tale with a nod to the past.

Send us your entry by January 2, 2021, and your hospital could be featured in an issue of dvm360 magazine!

Entering your veterinary practice into the dvm360 Hospital Design Competition is a bit laborious. Be sure to use your time wisely by avoiding these common mistakes.

Better flow and more space enhance the existing charm of this Washington veterinary practice.

Nearly 40 years of practice ownership gave this veterinarian a clear picture of what he wanted in his brand-new facility.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital architects and designers are suggesting ways to better enable social distancing within the clinic.

A long-time veterinary architect shares some important lessons she has learned about veterinary hospital design over the course of her career.

Studies in human hospitals have shown that a facility’s design has a tremendous effect on both patient health and staff performance and well-being. It’s true in veterinary hospitals, too.

Are you looking to open your own practice? One way to do it while cutting costs and protecting the environment is to repurpose an existing structure into a veterinary hospital.

Planning a practice renovation or building a new hospital is a massive undertaking. Here are 5 ways you can save on construction costs for your project.

Natural materials and lighting, a clean flow, and a warm design set the stage for a relaxing veterinary experience in this 2020 dvm360 Hospital Design Competition merit award–winning facility.

To create a sweet dental suite in your veterinary practice, think about your options before diving in.

A building as secure as an old bank, vaults and all, is sure to make for a quiet, stress-free veterinary practice.

Topnotch veterinary care deserves a topnotch facility to match.