Collective Learning: Texas Architect Magazine

The Health Learning Building (HLB) at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin has caught the attention of Texas Architect Magazine for several reasons. Designed by Page with The S/L/A/M Collaborative, it is the first facility to be completed in a planned new medical district, as well as the first facility to be completed at the first medical school to be built from the ground up at a tier-one research university in the U.S. in 50 years. Dell Medical School is designed to develop 21st century physician-leaders which in turn will facilitate Austin in becoming a model healthy city.

Page Senior Principal Larry Speck, FAIA, who led the design for the HLB, also worked on the University of Texas at Austin Medical District Master Plan. He told Canan Yetman of Texas Architect Magazine that the Dell Medical School motto, ‘Rethink Everything,’ which was conceived by Page/Dyal Branding & Graphics, "pretty much describes how they wanted to approach the design of both the district and the building with a focus on inter-professional education and collaboration among members of a broad community of healthcare colleagues. The idea of the ‘lone wolf’ medical student working in an individualistic, competitive environment was anathema from the beginning.” Read More

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Taking Preventive Wellness Down to the Next Level

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, the saying goes. A new facility designed by Page at Children’s Health Plano in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, the Children’s Health Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine delivers on this mentality by bringing world-class orthopaedic care in state-of-the-art facilities to pediatric patients. With the highest concentration of competitive student athletes in the country, this location is addressing a demonstrated need and will serve as a model for future facilities nationwide. Read More

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