UPMC

Kolano Design led the high wall and exterior signage for UPMC Presbyterian's new Kamin Tower in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood. Kolano built visibility studies and renderings, developed sign and donor logo options, and prepared the variance packages for the Zoning Board of Adjustment, which allowed high wall signs more than 200 feet above grade on the 636-bed hospital tower and granted 17 more variances for the additional signage the hospital needed.

Kolano Design designed the high wall signs at the top of the 64-story U.S. Steel Tower, Pittsburgh's tallest building. Kolano sized the 20-foot letters, presented the plan to the Planning Commission and coordinated structural, electrical and installation work for signs read across the skyline. Kolano continues to support the signs with face replacement and LED upgrade reviews for the tower's management.

Kolano Design created signage for UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh's Uptown, including the UPMC Mercy Pavilion, home of the UPMC Vision Institute and UPMC Rehabilitation Institute. Kolano designed and permitted the high wall signs, with variance packages, visibility studies and engineered bid drawings, and designed exterior signs, parking garage signage, interior wayfinding, city wayfinders and a donor recognition wall. Because the building serves patients with low vision, the interior signs are set in Atkinson Hyperlegible, a typeface developed by the Braille Institute whose distinct letterforms keep easily confused characters apart for readers with impaired vision.

Kolano Design created the interior and exterior sign program for UPMC East, the hospital in Monroeville, PA. Kolano sized and placed high wall signs on the front and rear of the building, mapped their visibility from the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Route 22, and prepared the Monroeville permit and variance applications for wall, canopy, monument and directional signs on and off site.

Kolano Design created the interior and exterior signage for UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, the Pittsburgh Penguins practice facility and UPMC sports medicine center in Cranberry Township north of Pittsburgh. The program included high wall signs, building and window graphics, interior signage and identity signs for the retail spaces. Kolano also wrote the bid documents and administered the fabrication and installation contract on UPMC's behalf.

Kolano Design created the sign program for the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on Pittsburgh's South Side, the training home of the Pittsburgh Steelers and University of Pittsburgh football. Kolano designed the main identity pylon, building facade signs placed by visibility study, building ID and wayfinding signs, and led the sign variance and permitting. Later phases added interior signs, gym wall graphics and other environmental graphics.

Kolano Design created the exterior sign program, digital feature walls and interior signage for UPMC Passavant in Pittsburgh's North Hills. In the main lobby, Kolano designed a video monitor timeline, two Walls of Honor, a digital donor wall and a media wall. Kolano also designed lobby signage and the interior directional signs and elevator lobby directories that guide visitors from the hospital entrances to major destinations.

Kolano Design created a history timeline wall for the lobby of UPMC Altoona in Altoona, PA. Working with the UPMC Altoona Foundation during a major lobby refresh, Kolano organized decades of the hospital's history, including its Altoona Regional roots, into a sequence of graphic panels and exhibit pieces, then prepared final art and specifications for production.