By HFT Staff

The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) announced the winners of the 2026 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards. These awards recognize design firms for creativity and innovation in the design of healthcare facilities across fifteen categories within Ambulatory, Extended Care and Assisted Living Facilities and Hospitals. 

Projects were reviewed by a panel of healthcare design professionals, including Interior Designer and Project Manager at NewVista, Kristin Stubbs, IIDA; Health Director of Interior Design and Associate at RLF Architects, Miriam Ganesh, IIDA, RID, CHID; and Founder and Principal at Design Studio Blue, Rebecca Garcia, IIDA, CID, CHID. 

The recipients of the 2026 Healthcare Design Awards include: 

• Ambulatory — Ambulatory Surgery Center 
  Design Firm: SmithGroup 
  Project: UC Davis Health 48X Complex 
• Ambulatory — Cancer Center 
  Design Firm: HGA 
  Project: Enloe Health Gonzales Comprehensive Cancer Center 
• Design Firm: Wilmot Sanz 
  Project: LifeBridge Health Sinai Hospital Mandy and Dennis Weinman Cancer Building 
• Ambulatory — Pediatric 
  Design Firm: CannonDesign 
  Project: Rady Children's Health, Southwest Tower 
• Ambulatory — Specialty Clinic 
  Design Firm: EwingCole 
  Project: Northwell Health, Center for Advanced Medicine Cardiology 
• Design Firm: Perkins&Will 
  Project: Renown Health South Meadows - Specialty Care Center 
• Extended Care & Assisted Living Facilities — Long-term Care 
  Design Firm: HOK 
  Project: Senior Living Complex 
• Extended Care & Assisted Living Facilities — Mental Health 
  Design Firm: NAC Architecture 
  Project: Dani's Place 
• Hospitals — Academic / Teaching Hospitals 
  Design Firm: CannonDesign 
  Project: Northwestern Medicine Faculty Office Center 
• Hospitals — Community 
  Design Firm: Perkins&Will 
  Project: Medical City Arlington Bed Tower Expansion 
• Design Firm: Wilmot Sanz 
  Project: Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center Horizon Tower 
• Hospitals — Pediatric 
  Design Firm: Perkins&Will 
  Project: HCA Medical City Dallas Children’s Hospital - Cardiac ICU and Imaging Expansion 
• Hospitals — Psychiatric 
  Design Firm: HDR 
  Project: Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Nebraska 
• Hospitals — Women’s 
  Design Firm: Perkins&Will 
  Project: Nemours Children’s Hospital, Advanced Delivery Unit 

All winners will be honored and the Best of Competition and Transformation and Innovation Award recipients will be announced during a celebration on November 12. All winning projects can be viewed on IIDA.org.