Lasting art installations help transform new Northern California Children's Hospital fter more than a decade in the making, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford recently opened the doors to its new state- of-the-art building. At 521,000 sq. ft. (48,402 sm), the new building depicts California’s diverse ecosystem and natural beauty, with each floor representing a native eco-region. In a press release announcing the opening, the hospital describes the new 149- bed facility as being designed to transform the patient and family experience through nature and play. Its founder, the late Lucile Salter Packard, was a known advo- cate for treating both the patient and their fam- ily, not just the ill- fter more than a decade in the making, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford recently opened the doors to its new state- of-the-art building. At 521,000 sq. ft. (48,402 sm), the A Gary Drostle uses LATICRETE products to adorn floor in Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford The new 149-bed facility was designed to transform the patient and family experience through nature and play. TileLetter | August 2018 37 2018 37