Outpatient

What's driving the growth of outpatient facilities? Cost, convenience, consolidation, community access, and consumer choice.

From the latest in ambulatory surgery to community clinics and private practice, outpatient facilities are diverse and specialized. Our portfolio includes orthopedics and associated physical therapy spaces, cancer care, pediatrics, and community health/convenient care centers.

Our team works with you to incorporate design and finish standards, ensuring that the patient experience is consistent with your overall healthcare system brand.

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We design various types of outpatient medical offices—from ambulatory surgery to private practice and cancer care to pediatrics.
A photograph of a physical therapy room.
Sports performance rehabilitation is a key component to outpatient orthopedic surgery.
An interior photograph from an upper floor looking down on an open area with various kinds of fitness equipment.
Health and wellness meet in community outpatient facilities that combine clinic and diagnostic services with exercise and community facilities.
Talk to a LaBella Expert

Rick Peterson, AIA, ACHE
Southeast Practice Leader

(704) 414-7926

Todd Martin, AIA
Northeast Practice Leader

(585) 770-2588

Matt Metyk, A. AIA, LEED AP
Midwest Practice Leader

(216) 225-6543

Outpatient care is rapidly evolving.

Outpatient care continues to move closer to where patients live and work, changing how healthcare systems plan and deliver services. We help clients respond to that shift with facilities tailored to their communities, care models, and long-term goals.

Architecture

From ambulatory surgery centers and medical office buildings to specialty practices and community health clinics, our architects partner with healthcare leaders to create environments that balance operational efficiency, patient experience, and future flexibility. We aim to reduce risk, improve constructability, and deliver practical, high-performing facilities that integrate seamlessly into your healthcare system seamlessly.

Guided by LEAN and evidence-based design principles, our planning process directly aligns patient journeys, clinical workflows, and operational goals with space design, prioritizing intuitive layouts, clear sightlines, infection control strategies, and restorative spaces.

Interior Design & Wayfinding

From waiting rooms to treatment areas, our healthcare interior designers consider every touchpoint in outpatient facilities. Each is an opportunity to support the delivery of high-quality care, reflect your brand, and promote a welcoming atmosphere for patients, families, and staff.

Through provider and staff interviews, materials testing, and research-driven decision-making, we emphasize durable and hygienic materials, clear wayfinding, acoustic controls, thoughtful color palettes, and natural lighting. Every design decision is intentional and responsive to patient and staff needs, whether in a pediatric office, cancer care center, community-based outpatient clinic, or staff breakroom.

Our services include conceptual design and visualization, space planning and utilization, branded environments, technical documentation and specifications, and construction and installation support. We also love the details—from materials selection and lighting to custom millwork and furnishings—all while working within sustainable design principles.

Infrastructure & Building Performance

Outpatient facilities rely on infrastructure that supports convenient access, efficient operations, and long-term flexibility. From water and wastewater systems to site circulation and patient drop-off areas, our multidisciplinary team of environmental, civil, transportation, and utility engineers delivers solutions that keep facilities performing at their best. Improvement projects often benefit from our in-house asbestos laboratory and abatement team, as well as our planning team’s grant writers and environmental review specialists.

Healthcare organizations also face increasing pressure to reduce operating costs while improving building performance. Our energy engineers are well-versed in funding opportunities, rebates, and incentives to support facility upgrades. We perform building condition studies and commissioning projects and assist with the execution of energy performance contracts (EPCs) for many of our clients. In addition, our team has experience with utility distribution, fire suppression, HVAC, and air ventilation systems that support safe, healthy, and energy-efficient care environments.

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