Countryside Animal Hospital is located in a suburb approximately one hour northwest of Boston, Massachusetts. Regarded as one of the most popular and well respected veterinary hospitals in New England, this facility was built in two phases. Phase 1 consisted primarily of renovating the existing hospital plus adding new outpatient areas, including the Waiting/Reception Areas and the Exam Rooms. Phase 2 included the addition of an 880 SF retail area, plus a new Grooming Suite and new Canine and Feline Boarding Wards. The retail area was specifically designed to be commensurate with the quality of such well-known retail establishments as The Disney Store. Today this facility draws clients from great distances, often as far away as Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. <p style="text-align: left"></p>

Set far back on its site due to an electric power easement that criss-crosses the property, the Animal Medical Center in Tennessee had to be designed to be seen by passing motorists traveling far from the building. This required a significant vertical element at the front of the building. The central tower, which also marks the front entrance, not only successfully accomplished this goal, but soon became the hospitals identifying feature. The facility is divided into three major components: a full-service hospital, a large boarding facility (Phase 2) and a central retail pet supply store that connects the hospital to the future boarding facility.

The Town & Country Animal Hospital was originally a leasehold facility located in a shopping center in South Miami until Hurricane Andrew devastated most of South Florida and destroyed the original hospital. rfa was subsequently retained to design a new cutting-edge, freestanding facility at a nearby site. The Central Treatment Room contains four treatment tables, all served by a shared rotating "lazy-suzan" service and instrument cabinet. The new hospital also includes canine boarding with glass door runs, feline boarding in cat condos with individual exterior windows, a retail area and a grooming suite. Town and Country Animal Hospital won the Veterinary Economics Hospital of the Year Award for 1997.

The owners of Clark Animal Care Center wanted to build a warm and family-friendly animal hospital; the whimsical dog and cat column capitals certainly put a smile on the face of anyone entering the building. Patients and their loving guardians are then further welcomed inside by cathedral ceilings and even a children's play area. <strong>rfa</strong> designed this 8,640 SF state-of-the-art veterinary medical facility in three phases. A second-phase expansion on the ground level planned to include pet boarding and grooming functions, and the third phase of expansion in the building's basement included an obedience and training school as well as a conference room. In 1994, Clark Animal Care Center won a Merit Award in <em>Veterinary Economics</em>' Hospital Design Competition.

The doctors at Lewiston Veterinary Hospital decided to build a new facility because overcrowding in their previous hospital was beginning to interfere in their ability to work efficiently and effectively. <strong>rfa</strong> designed a compact, yet highly spacious 7,000 SF hospital with a residential scaled exterior, that reflects the traditional New England architecture of the area. The interior includes a large Reception Area with separate feline and canine Waiting Areas, five Exam Rooms, four Treatment Tables, two Surgery Tables and a variety of new integrated profit centers. A Resident Living Unit is located on the Second Floor.

Located directly alongside one of the busiest retail shopping routes in eastern Massachusetts, the original Wellesley-Natick Veterinary Hospital started out as a small single-family house that was virtually unnoticed by passing motorists. After the new hospital was built, it soon became a landmark that people now often refer to when giving directions. The building is actually two facilities in one; the hospital is on the left side and a boarding and grooming facility is on the right. On the second floor, above the hospital, is a handsome one-bedroom apartment, and above the boarding component is a training and obedience school. <p style="text-align: left"></p>