dvm360 Hospital Design Competition announces 2020 winners

March 25, 2020

Prescott Animal Hospital (Arizona) and Tustin Legacy Animal Hospital (California) win top honors as co-Hospitals of the Year.

Half of the 22 practices that entered the 2020 dvm360 Hospital Design Competition were honored for their beautiful and functional designs, including two Hospital of the Year award winners, two runners-up and eight merit award winners.

Check out the major design details for all of the winners below, and look for feature articles and photographs about these award-winning designs in the coming months right here on dvm360.com and in print in dvm360 magazine and Vetted. Also watch for our Hospital Design supplement coming with dvm360’s June issue for more tips, tricks and ideas from all of this year's winners that you can borrow to implement in your future projects.

Hospital of the Year (over 8,000 square feet)

WINNER: Prescott Animal Hospital, Prescott, AZ

Owners: Drs. Kenneth Skinner, Bryan Nolte and Cameron Dow
Exam rooms: 13
Total cost: $5,478,206
Cost per square foot: $305
Square footage: 14,885 (building only)
Structure type: Freestanding (owned by operator), new
Architect: Heather Lewis, Animal Arts
Photographer: Timothy Murphy Foto Imagery

RUNNER-UP: Eastern Animal Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Owner: Dr. Jonathan Kaufman
Exam rooms: 14
Total cost: $9,010,000
Cost per square foot: $259.36
Square footage: 16,433 (building only)
Structure type: Freestanding (owned by operator), new
Architect: BDA Architecture
Photographers: Matt Oberer, Janet Kahoe, Ross Spivak

RUNNER-UP: The PARC, Fort Worth, TX

Owner: Dr. Steve Hotchkiss
Exam rooms: 14
Total cost: $10,848,000
Cost per square foot: $276
Square footage: 25,037 (building only)
Structure type: Freestanding (owned by operator), new
Primary architect: Animal Arts Design Studio
Secondary architect: PGAL
Photographer: Timothy Murphy/Murphy Foto Imagery

Hospital of the Year (under 8,000 square feet)

WINNER: Tustin Legacy Animal Hospital, Tustin, CA

Owners: Drs. Celine Hayek and Kristen Negvesky
Exam rooms: 4
Total cost: $693,521.88
Cost per square foot: $3.58
Square footage: 2,685 (building only)
Structure type: New construction, leasehold (rented property, including shopping centers)
Architect: Saunders + Wiant Architects, Inc.
Photographer: Ian Wiant

Merit Award winners

Bulger Veterinary Hospital, Lawrence, MA

Owner: Ethos Veterinary Health
Exam rooms: 21
Total cost: $1,927,000
Cost per square foot: $382
Square footage: 17,500
Structure type: New construction, leasehold (rented property, including shopping centers)
Architect: Capone Architecture LLC
Photographer: Patrick Rogers Photography

Burlington Emergency & Veterinary Specialists, Williston, VT

Owner: Dr. Bryan Harnett
Exam rooms: 12
Total cost: $7,685,496
Cost per square foot: $335 (building only)
Square footage: 17,701
Structure type: New construction, freestanding (owned by operator)
Architect: Brad Rabinowitz
Photographer: Susan Teare

Deer Park Animal Hospital, Deer Park, TX

Owners: Drs. Dale S. Lonsford and Charmel Rodick
Exam rooms: 7
Total cost: $3,316,211
Cost per square foot: $218.01 (building only)
Square footage: 8,745
Structure type: New, freestanding (owned by operator)
Architect: BDA Architecture
Photographer: Jonathan Means, Go Polaris Studio

Hearthwood Veterinary Hospital, Vancouver, WA

Owner: Dr. Samuel J. Kopman
Exam rooms: 5
Total cost: $26,596,600
Cost per square foot: $355 (building only)
Square footage: 4,050
Structure type: New, freestanding (owned by operator)
Primary architect: Architectural Werks, Inc.
Secondary architect/contractor: Rotschy Inc.
Photographer: Spencer Redlinger, project engineer

Irvine Veterinary Services-University Park, Irvine, CA

Owners: Dr. Edward Cole and practice manager Pamela Cole
Exam rooms: 6
Total cost: $2,410,000
Cost per square foot: $337 (building only)
Square footage: 5,615
Structure type: Renovation with new veterinary improvements
Architect: Richard Rauh, AIA, Freedenfeld & Associates
Photographer: Falke Photography

Mount Laurel Animal Hospital, Mt. Laurel Township, NJ

Owners: Drs. Christopher Torre and Robert Mankowski
Exam rooms: 21
Total cost: $7,435,000
Cost per square foot: $248 (building only)
Square footage: 26,475
Structure type: Freestanding, new, renovation
Primary Architect: Jeffrey L. Grogan Architects
Secondary Architect: Fenwick Architects
Photographer: Hugh Loomis

Ruston Animal Clinic, Ruston, LA

Owner: Dr. Marion Sewell
Exam rooms: 6
Total cost: $1,245,500.00
Cost per square foot: $112.80 (building only)
Square footage: 5,328
Structure type: Freestanding, new
Architect: Niall Whatley
Photographer: Sherry Owens

Southview Animal Hospital, P.A., West Saint Paul, MN

Owner: Dr. Michael Foster
Exam rooms: 13
Total cost: $892,802.00
Cost per square foot: $137.32
Square footage: 13,294
Structure type: Newly owned property renovation in shopping center
Architect: Robert Vanney, Vanney & Associates
Photographer: Kelly Olson