Sustainable Design Improvements For Glenbrook Hospital Cardiovascular Institute

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Banner Image Source Credit: Echenhoff Saunders

Shiny New Expansion + 'Green' Upgrades

Construction completed this fall on Glenbrook Hospital's Cardiovascular Institute (CVI). NorthShore University HealthSystem selected the Glenbrook Hospital campus for its new Cardiovascular Institute expansion, comprising 165,000 sf of new construction. Features of this new construction include an expanded patient care tower, new surgery suites, and a freshly designed and lushly landscaped exterior to welcome doctors, patients, and visitors.

Project Landscape Design Features:

  • Live green rooftop gardens to moderate stormwater volume and provide relief to patients and staff views.
  • New walkways to provide clear, accessible, and safe direction through the campus.
  • Permeable paver parking lot allows textured surface and water quality management.
  • Earthen berms with plantings provide screening to nearby parking.
  • Generous canopy tree planting within the parking lots will provide shade and will moderate heat island effect.
  • A quiet reflective garden space for visitors and staff.
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This 165,000 sf of new construction broke ground in 2022 and was completed in September 2023.

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Image Source Credit: Echenhoff Saunders

30+ Years… And The Beat Goes On!

The NorthShore University Healthcare experience provides the highest care standards in the region and Teska is grateful to aid in reinforcing their values, vision and mission through healthy place-based design solutions. Teska has enjoyed a 30+ year relationship with NorthShore University Healthcare, serving as landscape architect on multiple campus projects, including this one. The decades of dedication and loyalty have been made even more fruitful given the opportunity to work alongside so many other talented consultants, including our including our architectural partners at Eckenhoff Saunders, our civil engineering partners at Gewalt Hamilton, and and our construction management partners at Integrated Facilities Systems.

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Drone Image Source Credit: Pepper Construction

Teska is proud to aid in reinforcing Northshore University Healthcare’s values, vision, and mission through healthy place-based design solutions for the past 30+ years.