Damian Huneycutt, AIA, NCARB, ACHA — Healthcare Architect

Pricing Overview

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A meticulously detailed, daylight-filled healthcare lobby with no people present, featuring a central nurse station-inspired reception desk made of warm white solid surface with softly rounded corners and integrated LED edge lighting. The floor is a seamless, light gray terrazzo with subtle aggregate, reflecting soft natural light from a full-height glass wall revealing a landscaped healing garden beyond. Planters with lush, low-maintenance greenery line the perimeter. Photographic realism, captured from an eye-level, slightly wide-angle perspective that emphasizes spaciousness and clear circulation paths. Soft, indirect daylight combined with minimal recessed ceiling fixtures creates a calm, professional, and reassuring mood, with sharp focus throughout to highlight materials, clean lines, and evidence-based design details that support intuitive wayfinding and patient comfort.

A high-performance hospital patient room shown without occupants, organized around a single headwall with integrated medical gases, power, and data, all neatly concealed behind warm wood-look panels and matte white surfaces. A large window with exterior sunshades frames a distant city skyline, flooding the room with diffused daylight. A recliner and overbed table are neatly positioned to optimize clear staff access and patient visibility from the corridor. Photographic realism from a slightly elevated corner angle, with balanced, natural lighting supplemented by dimmable cove lighting above the headwall. The mood is quiet, orderly, and safe, emphasizing infection-control-friendly materials, easily cleaned flooring, and carefully considered adjacencies that communicate thoughtful operations-driven planning and focus on patient experience.

Services

Planning, design, and operational consulting for hospitals and clinics, from early strategy through post-occupancy optimization, always focused on performance, safety, staff workflow, and a better patient experience

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A compact, efficient nurse workstation with no people, positioned at the center of a racetrack-shaped inpatient unit. The station features a low, 360-degree counter in light oak laminate with integrated task lighting and multiple computer monitors, all cable-managed and clutter-free. Surrounding corridors clearly reveal direct sightlines into each patient room via large interior glass panels with privacy blinds. Photographic realism, shot from a slightly elevated viewpoint that captures the entire operational layout. Overhead, linear LED fixtures with uniform, neutral white light create even illumination without glare. The atmosphere is highly functional yet welcoming, with calm colors—soft blues and warm grays—supporting staff focus, while accent wall graphics with abstract, nature-inspired patterns reinforce a restorative, performance-oriented care environment.

Project Advisory

I typically work with healthcare clients through three primary engagement models, tailored to project scale and decision speed. For focused questions or early-stage strategy, I offer fixed-fee advisory packages (often 4–8 weeks) to help align stakeholders, clarify scope, and define a realistic path forward. For full projects—planning, design, and implementation oversight—I use phased, lump-sum fees tied to clear milestones so you know costs before you commit to the next step. For systems and multi-site work, I also support ongoing, retainer-based arrangements that provide a predictable monthly fee for a defined set of services, such as standards development, portfolio planning, or recurring design review—giving you access to senior healthcare expertise without adding full-time headcount.

Fixed-fee support for targeted studies, assessments, and early planning decisions

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Strategic Partner

Most clients choose a structure that matches their level of certainty and internal bandwidth. If you have a well-defined project and clear approvals, a traditional, phased fee (programming, schematic design, design development, construction documents, and construction administration) keeps costs transparent and tied to deliverables. When you’re exploring options or aligning clinical and operational leaders, a diagnostic or “planning sprint” package works best: a flat fee with a defined scope, timeline, and decision-ready output. For organizations that want continuous support—standardizing room templates, vetting vendor proposals, or evaluating capital requests—I offer tiered retainers with an agreed number of hours per month and a discounted hourly rate, so you can budget annually while maintaining flexible, on-call healthcare architecture support.

Monthly retainer for ongoing design input, operations alignment, and leadership coaching

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