Hayward & Associates LLC, founded in 2003 by Cynthia Hayward, focuses exclusively on predesign planning for healthcare facilities — including facility master planning, space programming, mergers, and feasibility studies to support the building of new healthcare facilities or repurposing existing ones.

Cynthia Hayward, FAIA, is an internationally recognized leader in healthcare facility planning. She is one of the first architects to develop a specialty practice in predesign planning — to help healthcare organizations plan facilities that are patient-centric, efficient to staff, and flexible to accommodate future changes. Founder Profile

She has assisted hundreds of diverse healthcare organizations over the past 40 years to economically and efficiently plan their capital investments — providing an objective assessment of their needs based on a foundation of market, utilization, operations, and financial data. Significant Projects

SpaceMed Guide

A Space Planning Guide for Healthcare Facilities

Cynthia Hayward's step-by-step workbook and space planning templates in Microsoft™ Excel, help architects and planners in over 40 countries plan flexible, state-of-the-art hospitals, ambulatory care centers, and specialized healthcare facilities. SpaceMed Website

SpaceMed Essentials

Cynthia Hayward writes about current issues facing healthcare facility planners and architects in her blog. SpaceMed Blog

Healthcare Facility Planning: Thinking Strategically

Published by the American College of Healthcare Executives

This book is a practical guide for healthcare executives on predesign planning — a stage in the facility planning, design, and construction process that is frequently overlooked as organizations eagerly jump from strategic planning into the more glamorous phase of design. ACHE Website