created for main hospital visitors, ambulatory clinics and laboring patients as well as urgent care. The architectural forms reflect the project's programmatic components. The diagnostic and treatment base is served by an interstitial mechanical floor and an inpatient bed tower is served by a roof-top mechanical floor. A glass fiber reinforced concrete shroud wraps the tower and ties it to the base. The tower curtain walls contain vertical fins that provide texture, scale, as well as protection from the sun. The solid base with punched openings is juxtaposed with a series of glass light-filled courtyards and a two-story glass connector that provides direct public access to the adjoining Children's Hospital. A major operational goal of the Women's Specialty Hospital was to align services and functions at each floor level with the corresponding platform of care of the adjacent Specialty Children's Hospital which also includes components of adult oncology. The alignment and connectivity of the two hospitals reduced the amount of expensive services that needed to be duplicated in the new facility and added convenience and efficiencies for neonatal staff who work in both facilities. Supplement to Healthcare Design * 08.16 157