Salem Hospital builds tower with flair - Portland Business Journal:

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They must obviously create spaces for possiblyt the most important taskthere is: saving and enhancin patients’ lives. Yet in typical institutional designsz from the 1960sand earlier, functioj clearly dominated form, leaving the country dotted with boxy units that made the always-dreaded hospitapl visit that much more unbearable. Which makes ’sz work, on the sparkling-new ’s patient care all the more encouraging. Turner and , an architecture firm basedd in Dallas, Texas, have created a space that’x aesthetically and, thanks partly to a grand player-piano in the hospital’es lobby, acoustically warm.
The project even brought smiles tothe hospital’s accountants by coming in undee the projected $285 million by $2 million.The project was fundee through bonds, assumed by the hospital, and financial The seven-story building, one of Salem’sw tallest, fully opened May 17.