By 2025, the global marketplace for healthcare architecture is anticipated to reach $8,210.5 million. The market will experience a CAGR of 4.1 percent, as evidenced by the increase in market value from $5,954.3 Million. The expectation for better patient care has increased dramatically as a result of the aging population and intense industry competition which has kept medical architecture firms on their toes. Perkins Eastman is an international design company with a US base that focuses on the quality human experience.
In addition to a robust full-service office in India, the company has built up an extensive specialty practice in healthcare. The company aspires to have a long-lasting beneficial effect on people's lives and the environment by staying conscious of environmental, technological, economic, and social shifts. “At Perkins Eastman, we believe design is a process for people, by people. We have worked in all aspects of healthcare in countries around the world, and we bring particular depth in a number of specialized sectors of healthcare”, shares Bradford Perkins, Chairman, and Co-founder of Perkins Eastman, about the firm.
Perkins Eastman has built a strong reputation as a design company by working with prestigious university medical centers that combine medical education and healthcare delivery, including Stanford, New York Presbyterian, University of Pennsylvania, Duke, and many others.
Additionally, the company has also been engaged in the design of prestigious, all-encompassing cancer centers like the Davidoff Cancer Center in Israel and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Perkins Eastman has also created facilities to assist those coping with the many conditions related to aging, including rehabilitation, as well as specialized facilities for the delivery of surgery, neurology, orthopedic, and cardiac healthcare, broadening the firm's portfolio.
Dedicated to fulfilling the aspirations of making lives better, the firm’s solutions and designs are focused on addressing common challenges clients face in the industry. Tania Phillips, Associate Principal, Perkins Eastman shares, “Long wait times and limited waiting areas are one of the primary frustrations patients experience, some of which can be resolved through digital solutions. Architecturally this calls for attention to the design of quality waiting areas, and identifying both indoors and outdoors as an integral part of the waiting experience, particularly in large hospitals where large families accompany and support the patient”.
Perkins Eastman has built a strong reputation as a design firm by working with prestigious university medical centers that combine medical education & healthcare delivery
Approach & Expertise
The firm’s approach starts at the beginning when the clients are setting their expectations of what needs to be expanded, renovated, or built new. The team helps clients define the program and build a master plan, followed by designing all the way to consultations and final implementation, completion of the project, and in many cases, post-occupancy evaluations. Perkins Eastman’s group, specializing in healthcare architecture, possesses expertise in the full range of design services and solutions that are needed to innovate and bring life to the client’s vision. Perkins Eastman also onboards different in-house teams that specialize in senior living and care, urban planning, hospitality design, interior design, and science and technology design as needed. The firm does this to bring all of the skillsets needed to design today’s complex healthcare projects.
Today, Perkins Eastman has established itself as a distinguished leader in this industry. Part of the reason for this has been the ability to foresee future changes and adapt to them quickly. For the coming years, the team at Perkins Eastman will strive to work towards continued expansion of the portfolio of services being offered, adding strategic consulting and other services that clients demand.
