According to Robert Billingsley, AIA, vice president, HKS, Dallas, TX, the base of the structure is limestone, while the remainder was covered with stucco. Patients and visitors approach the center via a long driveway and arrive at a large porte cochere that is connected to the building's semi-circular front entry, made entirely of limestone. Inside, the atrium is open to the second floor and has clerestory windows and a skylight. A circular stair follows the form of the atrium to the second level, which houses clinic and doctors' offices. These LDRP rooms are grouped in pods overlooking the adjacent bluff.
Patients can be out on the balcony and feel like they are standing in the treetops.
The rooms for non-obstetric patients also are designed to provide access to the outdoors via patios. L aurie Smith Design Associates, Austin, worked together with HKS to create an interior setting that belies the medical nature of the center. And although the center is owned by Universal Health Services, Laurie Smith, ASID, IIDA, worked primarily with local doctors establishing the center who wanted it to look fresh, colorful and even a bit whimsical. The doctors specifically requested bright colors be used. Therefore, Smith inserted saturated colors in spots throughout the facility.