Celebrating Our Wins at the 2025 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards

As the city’s first full-service medical center, Methodist Celina offers residents access to comprehensive healthcare close to home for the first time. Designed to expand alongside Celina’s rapidly growing population, the 200,000-square-foot facility delivers high-quality care today while allowing room to grow into the future.

This medical center channels dynamism from the past. In 1902, Celina was placed on rollers and moved a mile north to be closer to a new railway. The design honors “Rollertown” with a theme of visual rhythm. Our team translated train tracks into patterns of plaster reveals, metal trim, and glass film, as well as pronounced mullions on the exterior. A color-blocking strategy pays homage to the framed scenes of passing boxcars, while the master plan positions the main lobby as a continuous element, like a train station concourse.

“Designing a hospital that’s both state-of-the-art and authentic to its location was our top priority,” says Mark Roan, managing principal in our Dallas studio. “Celina’s a close-knit community that’s proud of its identity, so our design balances a forward-looking framework with a sensibility rooted in the city’s heritage and character.”

This ambulatory clinic and cancer treatment center is the first phase of Cone Health’s Health and Wellness Campus in Asheboro, North Carolina. Spanning 51,000 square feet on a serene 64-acre forested site, the design prioritizes healing for patients, families, and healthcare professionals alike. The building’s simple and elegant form ensures ease of navigation, with an intuitive layout that creates a stress-free experience for all who enter.

Although the original plan located the facility closer to the nearby highway for accessibility, the design team demonstrated that positioning the building deeper within the site—surrounded by the forest—would enhance the patient experience without increasing costs. This decision helped advance the vision of a space that supports more than just physical healing.

The MedCenter preserves the natural landscape and native ecosystems, allowing the beauty of the forest to become part of the healing experience. “Blending healthcare with nature helps this space support everyone inside on a physical, emotional, and psychological level,” says Amy Sickeler, interior design principal in our Atlanta studio.