title: Designs for age of cost control. This year's Design Awards Competition winners find that aesthetics can help the bottom line.
abstract: Should healthcare architecture emphasize aesthetics or solutions to problems? This question sums up the discussion of judges for Modern Healthcare's 10th annual Design Awards Competition. Judging by the award winners, cost pressures and increasing competition in the healthcare industry seem to be making both design aesthetics and functionality more important.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
mesh_terms: D001108:Architecture / Q000592:standards; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D003116:Color; D003252:Construction Materials; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000592:standards*; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings / Q000592:standards; D010781:Photography; D014481:United States