The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) recently announced the winners of its 2013 Healthcare Interior Design Competition.

The coveted Best of Competition award went to RTKL of Dallas, Texas for its work on the Baylor Medical Center at McKinney in Dallas. The project also won the Best in Category prize for hospitals. The jury of design professional chose Baylor for its use of natural light, a contemporary palette and exterior green space to create a successful healing environment.

Photo courtesy Baylor Medical Center at McKinney

"The eclectic mix of color and pattern creates a simultaneously intimate and grand space at the same time without overwhelming the patient," said one of the judges, Kimberly L. Overton, Associate, Director of Interior Design for Leo A Daly. "Natural light and materials are controlled in a beautiful uplifting way. In particular the attention to the foot wall in the patient room makes the patient feel special and safe."

Below is a list of category winners:
Ambulatory Care Centers
Best in Category:

• Project: Columbia Doctors Midtown, New York, NY
Firm: Perkins+Will, New York, NY

Honorable Mentions:

• Project: The Everett Clinic – Smokey Point Medical Center, Marysville, WA
Firm: ZGF Architects, Seattle, WA
• Project: Multiple Sclerosis Center at Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, WA
Firm: Callison, Seattle, WA

Hospice Care
Honorable Mention:

• Project: Hospice, Marienhospital Foundation, Euskirchen, Germany
Firm: 100% interior, Cologne, Germany

Hospitals
Best in Category:

• Project Name: Baylor Medical Center at McKinney, Dallas, TX
Firm: RTKL, San Francisco, CA

Honorable Mentions:

• Project Name: Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children, Birmingham, TX
Firm: HKS Inc., Dallas, TX
• Project Name: Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Singapore
Firm: HOK, San Francisco, CA

Senior Living & Residential Health, Care and Support Facilities
Best in Category

• Project Name: Saint John's on the Lake, Milwaukee, WI
Firm: Perkins Eastman, Chicago, IL