the gates vascular institute won the 2013 aia healthcare design award recipient from the american institute of architects. the jury stated the building "possesses unique design and planning concepts that demonstrate a great deal of innovation. it is really well integrated, highly thoughtful design. the forms are expressive of the collaboration that is to take place here. it clearly expresses an idea. this project begins to push the boundaries of hospital programming and the isolation of function based spaces. by appropriating some lessons from an activity based workplace the team creates overlapping and shared spaces to challenge conventional hierarchies in health center planning."