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Shriners Hospital for Children
Size: 150,000 sq. ft.

Project Scope and History:
Shriners Hospitals for Children is a network of 22 pediatric hospitals in the U.S., Canada and Mexico providing specialized care for orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate. Established in 1923, the Honolulu Hospital is the second oldest and has provided orthopedic health care to over 23,000 children from Hawaii and seventeen other countries in the Pacific Basin.

Ferraro Choi teamed with the prime architectural firm of SRG Partnership Inc. to design the replacement hospital for Shriners Hospital for Children in Honolulu, Hawaii. The project was a phased replacement of buildings originally constructed in the 1960’s. The design of the new 6.58 acre campus expanded and modernized the facilities from its previous 86,000 square feet to approximately 150,000 square feet. The new 40-bed hospital allows Shriners Hospital for Children to fulfill their mission and meet the future needs of their patients as the premier Pediatric Orthopedic Hospital in the State of Hawaii.

Program Requirements:
Program requirements for the replacement hospital included the following:

The design is sensitive to its unique Pacific island location and neighboring communities, reflecting Hawaii’s historic Territorial Architecture of the 1920’s to 1940’s.

The project commenced in 2004 with assessment of the site and existing facilities, followed by detailed programming, planning and design. Phased construction started in 2007 with completion in 2011.

To read an article about this project, visit the following website:
Honolulu Advertiser June 3, 2005

For more information on the Shriners Hospitals for Children, please visit their website:

Shriners Hospitals for Children

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Latest.Revision.11.20.2011