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gmp Wins First Prize to Design Swiss Children's Hospital

Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp), with partners JB Ferrari, have won first prize in an international competition to design a new children’s emergency unit at the Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland. The 85-bed hospital will feature a terraced inner courtyard with conservatory, which will serve as a protected outside play area, that offers ample natural light and space for plant-life.

Elderly Residential Building / Atelier d'Arquitectura J. A. Lopes da Costa

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Santo Tirso, Portugal
  • Architects: Atelier d'Arquitectura J. A. Lopes da Costa
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013
  • Professionals: Termoprojecto

Doctors in the Studio: The Right Medicine for Healthcare Architecture?

This article, written by Kim A. O'Connell, and first published on the AIA website as "Is there a Doctor in the Firm? (Or a Nurse in the Studio?)" discusses the growing overlap between architects and healthcare professionals, who collaborate or even learn both disciplines to design more effective healthcare architecture - relying on research more rigorously than ever before.

Since it opened last fall, a cardiac hospital in Bulgaria is already operating at full capacity and is among the most technologically advanced of its kind in Europe. Project delivery for the City Clinic in Sofia was remarkably fast—only a year from the time Dallas-based HKS Architects was hired until doctors began seeing patients. A former car dealership was renovated to create the 38,000-square-foot, 55-bed facility, helping to expedite matters.

The other major contributing factor may have been that, from its earliest beginnings, a physician played a leading role—from landing the project to identifying specific medical needs and seeing the design through to completion. It's a model that seems to be taking hold in architecture. More and more, architecture firms are bringing health professionals into their design studios to help them create the next generation of healthcare architecture.

Read on after the break to find out how this shift is producing better buildings for healthcare

Nexus Health GP Super Clinic / Billard Leece Partnership

Nexus Health GP Super Clinic / Billard Leece Partnership -  Healthcare Center, Facade
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Sauna Huginn & Muninn / AtelierFORTE

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  • Architects: AtelierFORTE
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  25
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012

Weill Cornell Medical College Belfer Research Building / Todd Schliemann | Ennead Architects

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Circle Reading Hospital / Brydenwood

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  • Architects: Brydenwood
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  10100

Hairmake Enchante / Nakasai Architects

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Guodian New Energy Technology Research Institute Beijing / BIAD

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Nordial Center / MJARC Arquitectos

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  • Architects: MJARC Arquitectos
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  5400
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012

Sonnenhof Wil / Michael Meier Marius Hug Architekten

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Le St-Jude / Thomas Balaban Architect

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Montreal, Canada

Livsrum / Polyform

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  • Architects: Polyform
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013
  • Professionals: Grontmij, HP Byg

Research Building DLR SpaceLIFT / Architekten BDA Feldschnieders + Kister + KSG Architekten

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Instituut Verbeeten / Wiegerinck

Instituut Verbeeten / Wiegerinck -  Healthcare Center, Garden, Facade
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  • Architects: Wiegerinck
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1794
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

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Sauna / General Architecture

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Home Spa / architekti.sk

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Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Architects: architekti.sk
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  510
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012

Sauna Tonttu / OOPEAA

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Soini, Finland
  • Architects: OOPEAA
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  16
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010