Linda Gabel, AAHID, IIDA
Senior Associate

Linda has over 24 years of experience, with the last 19 dedicated to pediatric healthcare design.  Through hands-on collaboration with patients, families, staff, and artists, Linda is able to create environments that strengthen the hospital’s ability to provide true family-centered care, and support the needs of diverse socio-economic backgrounds, cultures and age groups.  Linda collaborates with the entire design team to create interior environments that enhance the healing process and reduce stress for patients, their families, and caregivers.  Her strong focus on an evidence-based design methodology in designing healthcare facilities provides enhanced value to the client for years to come.  As the 2005-2009 IIDA Healthcare Forum Advisor and founding member of AAHID, Linda provides leadership in the design of healthcare environments on an international level.  As an industry leader, Linda has presented healthcare environment white papers at conferences for the National Association of Children’s Hospital and Related Institutions (NACHRI), and at NEOCON and Healthcare Design Conferences.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design, 1984
The Ohio State University

REGISTRATION
International Interior Design Association, professional member
NCIDQ
AAHID, Founding Member, Advisory Council

PUBLICATIONS
Children’s Hospitals - The Future of Healing Environments, co-author of “The Lobby:  Direction and Diversion” Chapter, 2005

Designing the World’s Best: Children’s Hospitals, co-author of “Interior Design, Furnishings, & Wayfinding” Chapter, 1999

Perspective Magazine, various articles on healthcare design trends and issues as IIDA Healthcare Forum Advisor, 2005-2009

LECTURES

“The Bariatric Population,” NEOCON and Healthcare Design .07 Conference

“Principles of a Successful Healthcare Art Program,” NACHRI Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 2005

“Environmentally Responsive Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Spaces,” Healthcare Design .03 Conference, The Center for Health Design and Medquest Communications, Miami, FL, December 2003

“Using Architecture to Build a Brand,” NACHRI, Facilities Design Conference, Chicago, IL, July 2003

“Wayfinding: More than Just Signs,” Health Facilities Institute, San Diego, CA, October 1998

“Wayfinding: More than Just Signs,” The Association for the Care of Children’s Health, Boston, MA, May 1997

SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

Premier Health Partners/Miami Valley Hospital/Good Samaritan Hospital
Level III NICU; Heart and Vascular Hospital
Construction Cost - Confidential
Completion Date - 2009;
Size - 52,000 sf Level III NICU;32,000 sf HVH
Location - Dayton, Ohio
Role - Lead Interior Designer/Planner

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia*
Master Renovation Plan, 18 phases
Construction Cost – Confidential
Completion Date - 2000
Size – 270,000 sf
South Tower and West Infill Additions
Construction Cost – Confidential
Completion Date - 2005
Size – 1.2 million sf
Location - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Role - Lead Interior Designer

Children’s National Medical Center*
East Addition (Inpatient bed tower)
Construction Cost - $51 million
Size – 160,000 sf
Location - Washington, DC
Role – Interior Design Leadership

Phoenix Children’s Hospital*
Total Replacement Facility
Construction Cost - $39,300,000
Size - 351,987 sf renovation; 38,040 sf new
Completion – 2002
Location - Phoenix, AZ
Role - Lead Interior Designer and Planner

MUSC Children’s Hospital and Perinatal Services
Replacement Facility Study
Completion 2/2008
Location – Charleston, SC

St. Vincent Children’s Hospital*
Construction Cost - $25 million
Size – 101,000 sf
Completion – 2003
Location - Indianapolis, Indiana
Role - Lead Interior Designer

Connecticut Children’s Medical Center*
Total Replacement Hospital
Construction Cost - $80 million
Size – 300,000 sf
Completion - 1996
Location - Hartford, Connecticut
Role - Lead Interior Designer

Dell Children’s Regional Medical Center of Central Texas*
Total Replacement Facility
LEED – registered project, platinum level goal
Construction Cost – $175 million
Size – 450,000 sf
Completion – 2007
Location - Austin, Texas
Role – Co-Leader for Vision and Conceptual Design

Golisano Children’s Medical Center/
Strong Memorial Hospital at the University of Rochester*
CVICU/PICU and AICU Addition
Construction Cost - $12 million
Size – 60,000 sf
Completion – 2004
Location - Rochester, New York
Role - Lead Interior Designer

St. Louis Children’s Hospital/BJC*
East Expansion Project
Construction Cost - $60 million
Size – 186,000 sf
Completion – 2007
Location - St. Louis, Missouri
Role - Lead Interior Designer

Levine Children’s Hospital, Carolinas Medical Center *
Construction Cost - $85 million
Size – 220,000 sf
Completion – 2007
Location - Charlotte, North Carolina
Role – Interior Design Leadership and Artwork Consultation

University of Miami, School of Medicine*
Batchelor Children’s Research Institute and Clinics
Construction Cost - $24 million
Size – 148,000 sf
Completion – 2001
Location – Miami, Florida
Role – Planner and Lead Interior Designer

Mount Carmel St. Ann’s, Mount Carmel Health System*
New Women’s Hospital and Level III NICU
Construction cost - $18 million
Size – 96,000 sf
Completion – 2003
Location – Columbus, Ohio
Role – Lead Interior Designer

Riverside Methodist Hospital – OhioHealth*
Heart/Emergency Hospital
Construction Cost - $42 million
Size – 277, 465 sf
Completion – 2004
Location – Columbus, Ohio
Role – Lead Interior Designer

Lake Hospital System, Concord Replacement Hospital *
Pebble Project
Construction Cost – Confidential
Size – 314,000 sf
Completion - 2009
Location - Cleveland, Ohio
Role - Lead Interior Designer

*Experience Prior to NBBJ