The entrants in the Veterinary Economics Hospital Design Competition represent the best practices built every year. Check out these lessons learned from their designs.

The first step: Figure out what type of client you are. Then choose an architect whose strengths match your needs.

If your burgeoning practice is making you claustrophobic, try these strategies to accommodate growth.

Taking the next big step in practice? Whether you're adding a doctor to the team, making the jump to partner, or taking on a remodeling or building project, we've got the right advice.

These doctors learned the hard way what they should have done during the construction of their hospitals. Now that they're enjoying their award-winning facilities, they're ready to share their stories—and help you avoid the same problems.

Don't waste your energy trying to squeeze a 15,000-square-foot hospital onto a 3,000-square-foot lot. Instead, exercise flexible thinking, creative planning, and strategic cost controls to build your dream.

Learn how to build a winning hospital from start to finish with this advice from Veterinary Economics Editorial Advisory Board members and Hospital Design Competition winners.

All doctors who plan to build hear from colleagues who've been there before that they should build bigger than they think they need to. Drs. Kate Knutson and Steve Barghusen took those words to heart--working in an extra 3,700 square feet for future expansion.

Choosing your architect is one of the most important things you'll do when building or remodeling your practice. Your architect sets the pace for the project--and you'll have enough stress without suffering from communication problems with this key player. Here's what to do.