HOK Architect have designed healthcare architecture building of St. Joseph’s Hospital, Patient Tower located in St. Paul, Minnesota. This is 175,000 square feet of new space for a patient tower with 90 private patient rooms, radiology, and outpatient services, a 15,000-square foot emergency department expansion, and additional hospital renovation. To reflect their client’s mission—providing spiritually-based care for the community—the architects integrated warm cherry wood into the interiors and created a pedestrian-friendly corridor that connects visitors to downtown St. Paul via a series of parks. The steel structured building, clad in brick, pre-cast concrete, and a curtainwall, is designed to provide a continuum of inpatient care: the needs of critical care and surgery patients can be met on one floor, potentially allowing them to remain in the same room for the duration of their stay.