In a marketplace where all new professionals enter with a degree in hand, the advantage goes to those graduates who have experience in working with and solving problems with others. To increase awareness among students -future practitioners - of both architecture and veterinary medicine ofthe unique needs and features of a modern veterinary hospital, Hill's Pet Products, Inc. sponsors a hospital design competition each year. The combined effort of an architecture student and a student of veterinary medicine is required. To be successful, they must develop a working relationship that involves excellent communication skills as well as scholastic and artistic abilities.