New Hospital Tower Rush University Medical Center / Perkins&Will

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Architects: Perkins&Will
Area: 830000 ft²
Year: 2012
Photographs:James Steinkamp, Steinkamp Photography, Connor Steinkamp, Steinkamp Photography, Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing
Manufacturers: 3M, Kalzip, Polyflor, Alucobond, Armstrong Ceilings, Herman Miller, Interface, Lightolier, Sherwin-Williams, Signify, Airfloor system, Altro, American Hydrotech, Bentley Mills, Chicago Block and Brick Company, Hanover, Leviton, LiveRoof, Mecho Systems, Nucor Steel, +6Panolam, ROCKWOOL, Sentech Architectural Systems, Sobotec, USG Ceilings, Viracon-6
Interior Designer: Perkins+Will
Civil Engineer: Terra Engineering
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Lighting Designer: HDLC
Landscape Architect: Hitchcock Design Group, Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects
Consultants: Aurora Lighting, Walker Parking Consultants, IBC Engineering Services Inc., Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc, CODE – Schirmer (AON), Vertex Corporation, Heitmann & Associates, Cerami & Associates, fd2s, St. Onge, – Walsh
Construction Manager: Power Jacobs Joint Venture
General Contractor: Power Jacobs Joint Venture

Text description provided by the architects. This hospital is part of a campus-wide transformation project, which also includes an orthopedic building, parking structure and new loading and delivery systems. The 800,000-square-foot hospital consists of 386 patient beds along with diagnostic and treatment facilities, such as surgery, radiology and emergency departments. The hospital is sited adjacent to the Eisenhower Expressway (a major arterial feeding the central area of Chicago) on the north, Ashland Avenue on the east and Harrison Street, the major internal street for the Rush Campus, on the south.