High Desert Regional Health Center
County of Los Angeles
The High Desert has historically been underserved when it comes to accessible healthcare. The Los Angeles County High Desert Regional Health Center represents a direct response to improving that gap, resulting in a three-building campus on 10 acres designed to bring comprehensive medical services to the region.
The main Medical Office Building anchors the campus with a full range of services including pharmacy, café and dining, imaging, physical therapy, sterile processing, and an ambulatory surgical center with three operating rooms designed to OSHPD-3 standards. Two support buildings house material management and central plant functions, completing a campus built to operate as a cohesive whole.
Sustainability is woven into both the site and the envelope. Photovoltaic parking stalls, groundwater-replenishing drainage, collection and harvesting systems, and native low-water plantings suited to the High Desert climate collectively earned the project LEED Gold certification. The exterior — pre-cast concrete, glass, and metal panels — was selected for durability as much as aesthetics, materials that signal the County's long-term commitment to this community as clearly as the building's program does.
The exterior of the building is designed with durable and sustainable materials of pre-cast concrete, glass, and metal panels that create permanence and a timeless character indicative of the presence and permanence of the County’s commitment to this region.
