Facility Design Project of the Year
The Facility Design Project of the Year recognizes the best of the Facility Design Projects of the Month and is selected based the quality of the design and execution and its ability to meet the operator’s goals.
Browse the articles below or click here for a list of past winners.
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Published: April 30, 2015
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Written by Donna Boss, Contributing Editor
This 4-story, 50-bed hospital features hybrid systems for patient room service, a full-service restaurant and gourmet-style market with a coffee shop that utilizes freshly made, locally sourced ingredients. A community garden exists for neighbors. Organic herbs and vegetables grow in the rooftop garden.
Original article: Facility Design Project of the Month, January 2014: Manna, Manna Market and Bedside Manna Room Service at Castle Rock Adventist Hospital in Castle Rock, Colo.
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Published: April 30, 2015
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Written by Donna Boss, Contributing Editor
Working with Culinary Institute of America-trained chefs to develop menus, the Indiana University (IU) culinary staff give customers a new dining experience at nine micro-restaurants in a unique campus environment that spans three floors of a LEED Silver-certified building.
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Published: April 30, 2014
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Written by Donna Boss, Contributing Editor
Part of the Radisson Blu, FireLake Grill House and Cocktail Bar sits adjacent to the hotel's ultramodern lobby and just a skyway away from the Mall of America, a 520-store shopping facility that draws 42 million visitors annually. The first hotel directly connected to the Mall of America, the Radisson Blu serves as a refuge for people visiting the mall. The hotel also attracts guests attending meetings and other events that occur on this property.
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Published: April 30, 2014
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Written by Donna Boss, Contributing Editor
Customization brings new flavors and menu variety to the food-concept platforms at this all-you-care-to-eat marketplace.
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Published: April 30, 2014
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Written by Donna Boss, Contributing Editor
Students have an opportunity to learn their trade on state-of-the-art equipment situated on two tower floors and in a penthouse suite.
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Published: April 30, 2013
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Written by Donna Boss, Contributing Editor
Multiple microrestaurant platforms and neighborhood dining options offer customers menu variety, entertaining display cooking and a uniquely designed, energetic interior that promotes interactions within the college community.
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Published: April 30, 2013
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Written by Donna Boss, Contributing Editor
Replacing an aging facility, the multiplatform Wildflower Café features culinary variety while room service offers patients a restaurant-style, on-demand food delivery system.
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Published: April 30, 2013
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Written by Donna Boss, Contributing Editor
Six microrestaurants expose customers to preparation techniques for various cuisines and give staff an opportunity to run their own establishments. As a result, dining services continues to make a significant contribution to the success of this $94.8 million multipurpose facility, earning the highest honor in FE&S' Facility Design Project of the Year competition.
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Published: April 30, 2012
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Written by Donna Boss, Contributing Editor
Our judges were impressed by the innovative design elements, including altering equipment to look more like furniture; attention to detail in developing the cookline; and the creative blend of form and function introduced in this $3.5 million renovation that debuted as Q on the Riverwalk at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio in November 2010.
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Published: April 30, 2012
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Written by Donna Boss, Contributing Editor
The complex addition of a 23,000-square-foot kitchen and cafeteria at 17-year-old Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale, Ariz., was part of a $290 million expansion project that included a 200-bed patient tower.