CM: Power/Jacobs Joint Venture, Chicago
Architect: Perkins+Will, Chicago
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti, Chicago
MEP Engineer: Environmental Systems Design, Chicago
Submitted by Jacobs
Best Projects Project of the Year: Rush University Medical Center-The Tower
Prominently sited on Chicago's west side, The Tower can be seen from many vantage points, including the Eisenhower Expressway (not shown), a major east-west corridor.
Photo Courtesy of Rush University Medical Center
The Tower's rectangular base consolidates diagnostics, surgery, emergency care and other key functions.
Photo Courtesy of Rush University Medical Center
Dividing The Tower's patient floors into quadrants drove a curvilinear configuration plan that resembles a butterfly.
Photo Courtesy of James Steinkamp � Steinkamp Photography
Early in planning for The Tower, a new inpatient facility at Chicago's Rush University Medical Center, nurses and other staff members participated in a walk through of a space plan delineated on a tennis court.
Photo Courtesy of Perkins+Will
Decentralized workstations put nurses in closer proximity to patients.
Photo Courtesy of Steve Hall � Hedrich Blessing Photographers
