Kaiser Permanente’s Los Angeles Medical Center (LAMC) is the healthcare provider’s largest inpatient hospitals in the United States at 792,000 sq. ft. and serves as a tertiary center for cardiovascular surgery, pediatric and neonatal intensive care, neurosurgery, spine surgery and high-risk obstetrics.

The tight urban site allowed for only a 100,000 sq. ft. footprint for the main hospital with no more than seven storeys above grade and necessitated a highly efficient layout using vertical integration of hospital units to maximize the use of space.