EHD Champions Awards (2015-2024): Winners revealed

Following a four-month competition between 52 previous winners of the annual EHD Awards in six categories, 18 projects were shortlisted and invited to present live to the judging panels and a wider audience attending the Future Health 2050 International Symposium during the day. Following the live presentations, each judging panel engaged in intense deliberations to decide which projects would be crowned the EHD Champions of Champions (2015-2024) during the evening awards ceremony.

Organised by SALUS Global Knowledge Exchange in collaboration with Architects for Health, the EHD Champions Awards was supported by lead partner Integrated Health Projects (IHP) - a joint venture between Vinci Construction UK and Sir Robert McAlpine - who have supported the awards since its inception; and award category sponsor, Guldmann.

SALUS director, Marc Sansom, commented:

Full shortlist and judging process

The Champions awards evaluation committee features international practitioners from across the design and healthcare professions, who bring specialist multidisciplinary expertise to the specific categories they have been invited to judge. The shortlist and winner of each award are determined by a category chair, supported by two panel judges with proven expertise in their field. This robust evaluation methodology ensures a balanced and transparent decision-making process. During the shortlisting process, the judging panels revisited the original winning submissions from each project, but also evaluated new, updated information and a short video provided by the project teams focusing on how the projects had performed since its completion.

The full set of winners and those highly commended in the EHD Champions Awards (2015-2024) are set out below:

Healthcare Design (Over 25,000 sqm)

• Winner: Radboudumc Main Building, Netherlands
  Commissioned by Radboudumc
  Designed by EGM architects 

• Highly commended: Louisa Martindale Building, UK
  Commissioned by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
  Designed by BDP 

• Highly commended: The North Wing, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
  Commissioned by Rigshospitalet
  Designed by 3XN and LINK Arkitektur in collaboration with Nickl & Partner and Kristine Jensens Tegnestue

Lead judge: Kate Copeland, Australian Health Design Council, Australia
Panel judges: Tina Nolan, Lexica, UK; Paul Bell, Ryder Architecture, UK

Healthcare Design (Under 25,000 sqm)

• Winner: Yutjuwala Djiwarr – Nhulunbuy Flexible Aged Care, Australia
  Commissioned by Australian Regional and Remote Community Services
  Designed by Kaunitz Yeung Architecture

• Highly commended: Te Huhi Raupō - Taranaki Base Hospital Renal Unit
  Commissioned by Te Whatu Ora
  Designed by Warren and Mahoney

• Highly commended: University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute
  Commissioned by University of Cincinnati Health
  Designed by Perkins&Will

Lead judge: Jonathan Erskine, European Health Property Network
Panel judges: Brenda Bush-Moline; Stantec Architects, USA; Mohammed Ayoub, HDR, USA

Interior Design and Arts

• Winner: Queen Silvia Children’s Hospital
  Commissioned by Västfastigheter
  Designed by White arkitekter

• Highly commended: COACH – Centre for Overweight Adolescent and Children’s Healthcare
  Commissioned by Maastricht UMC+
  Designed by Tinker imagineers

• Highly commended: Campbelltown Hospital Redevelopment, Australia
  Commissioned by Health Infrastructure NSW
  Designed by Billard Leece Partnership

Lead judge: Ruth Charity, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Panel judges: Nicola Bertrand, Asklepios Kliniken; Femke Feenstra, Gortemaker Algra Feenstra

Design for Adaptation and Transformation

• Winner: Doctor Muñoz Cariñanos Hospital, Spain
  Commissioned by Servicio Andaluz de Salud (SAS)
  Designed by Planho Consultores

• Highly commended: Carlanderska Hospital, Sweden
  Commissioned by Stiftelsen Carlanderska Hospital
  Designed by White arkitekter

• Highly commended: Hospital Sancta Maggiore Morumbi
  Designed by Perkins&Will

Lead judge: Jim Chapman, Manchester School of Architecture, UK
Panel judges: Christine Chadwick, Archus, Canada; Christopher Shaw, Past chair, Architects for Health, UK

Design for Health and Wellness

• Winner: Woonzorgcentrum Zierik7, Netherlands
  Commissioned by Allévo, locatie Cornelia
  Designed by Gortemaker Algra Feenstra architects

• Highly commended: Vårdcentralen Nötkärnan, Bergsjön, Sweden
  Commissioned by Nötkärnan BergsjönVårdcentral och BVC
  Designed by Wingårdh Arkitektkontor

• Highly commended: Maternity Unit at Kachumbala Health Centre 3, Uganda
  Commissioned by Kachumbala Health Centre
  Designed by HKS Architects and EFOD

Lead judge: John Cooper, JCA, UK
Panel judges: Ruairi Reeves, Medical Architecture, UK; Charlotte Ruben, White Arkitekter, Sweden

Mental Health Design

• Winner: Stella’s Place Young Adult Mental Health, Canada
  Commissioned by Stella’s Place Young Adult Mental Health
  Designed by Stantec Architecture and Stantec Consulting

• Highly commended: Old See House, UK
  Commissioned by Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
  Designed by RPP Architects with Richard Murphy Architects
  
  
• Highly commended: Sikkerhetsbygget High Security Psychiatric Hospital at St Olavs University Hospital, Norway
  Commissioned by St. Olav Hospital | Sykehusbygg
  Designed by Ratio arkitekter AS + Karlsson Architects aps

Lead judge: Beatrice Fraenkel, Design in Mental Health Network, UK
Panel judges: Jaime Bishop, Architects for Health, UK; Cliff Harvey, Grand River and St Mary’s Hospitals, Canada

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