Just after it opened in April 2013, the new Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital was put to the test when 32 survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing received treatment there.
The Partners HealthCare hospital, which also serves as a teaching site for the Harvard Medical School's Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, replaced a facility that opened in 1971. Located along the Charles River on the site of a former Navy shipyard, the hospital was awarded LEED Gold certification, the second-highest designation under the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program.
Judges gave the project an Award of Excellence in Modern Healthcare's Design Awards.