BBH Design Wins EDGE Award For WakeMed

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BBH Design Wins EDGE Award For WakeMed North Healthplex Emergency Department
Architecture Firm Awarded Triangle Business Journal’s
Project That Most Contributes to Quality of Life

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.– Rich Beale, Partner at BBH Design, announced that the firm has received the 2005 Triangle Business Journal’s EDGE Award, which recognizes excellence in the design, general contracting, engineering and landscape contracting industries. The EDGE Awards were presented on October 12 at 6:00 p.m. at North Ridge Country Club.

BBH Design received the award in the category of “Project that most contributes to an improved quality of life in the Triangle” for its design of the WakeMed North Healthplex Emergency Department in Raleigh. The firm designed a pavilion integrated into a forecourt garden to enhance the patients’ experience without compromising clinical efficiency and patient safety. The design is based on documented research proving staff and patient views of nature improve outcomes.

“We are honored to receive the EDGE Award for the WakeMed North Healthplex Emergency Department,” said Beale. “Throughout this project, both the client and the design team demonstrated progressive vision. The facility is the first of its kind in the state and breaks the mold of the traditional emergency department.”

About BBH Design:
BBH Design is a recognized leader providing exceptional design-build, design, planning, technical, and delivery services to the region’s most respected institutional, healthcare and government organizations. The firm evolved from an internationally acclaimed architectural firm established in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina in the 1980s. In 2002, partners Rich Beale, Lee Buckner and Douglas Hall, who had been managing the office, executed the transition to an independent practice. The three partners now lead BBH Design, which has been recognized for design excellence with numerous state and regional awards. BBH Design partners with its clients, providing the vehicle to create the inspired buildings that fulfill a client’s vision and aspirations. For more information, please call 919-460-6700 or visit the Web site at http://www.bbh-design.com.

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