Posted May 20, 2009, 3:44 PM
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Looks like University DT has a new design.
from mysa.com
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By Don Finley and Jennifer Hiller - Express-News
It wasn't the prettiest choice, most agreed. But in the end, the most functional and cost-efficient design for a new public hospital for San Antonio was chosen over two others in a national design competition Tuesday.
On the staff's recommendation, board members of the tax-supported University Health System bypassed two designs considered more aesthetically pleasing and chose a functional, cost-effective option that offered up the best layout of interior hospital space.
A glass-and-steel structure designed by the Dallas office of Perkins + Will, working with local firms Garza/Bomberger & Associates, RVK Architects and Richard Sanchez Architects, was the winning design for the new hospital.
Of a $900 million plan to expand and renovate both the aging and overcrowded hospital and the former Brady-Green Community Health Center downtown, about $778 million is set aside for University Hospital — including furnishings, equipment and other “soft” costs.
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