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.
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gmp Wins First Prize to Design Swiss Children's Hospital
Elderly Residential Building / Atelier d'Arquitectura J. A. Lopes da Costa
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Architects: Atelier d'Arquitectura J. A. Lopes da Costa
- Year: 2013
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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
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Architects: Billard Leece Partnership
- Area: 1600 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: AHW Waterman, Laurence Blyton & Associates, Monaco Hicks, Sweett Group, Irwinconsult
Sauna Huginn & Muninn / AtelierFORTE
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Architects: AtelierFORTE
- Area: 25 m²
- Year: 2012
Weill Cornell Medical College Belfer Research Building / Todd Schliemann | Ennead Architects
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Architects: Todd Schliemann | Ennead Architects
- Area: 480000 ft²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: AKRF, Vick Art Advisors, Severud Associates, Tishman Construction Corporation, Atelier Ten, +10
Circle Reading Hospital / Brydenwood
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Architects: Brydenwood
- Area: 10100 m²
Hairmake Enchante / Nakasai Architects
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Architects: Nakasai Architects
- Year: 2013
Guodian New Energy Technology Research Institute Beijing / BIAD
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Architects: Beijing Institute of Architectural Design
- Area: 240000 m²
- Year: 2013
Nordial Center / MJARC Arquitectos
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Architects: MJARC Arquitectos
- Area: 5400 m²
- Year: 2012
Sonnenhof Wil / Michael Meier Marius Hug Architekten
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Architects: Michael Meier Marius Hug Architekten
- Year: 2011
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Manufacturers: AGROB BUCHTAL
Le St-Jude / Thomas Balaban Architect
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Architects: Thomas Balaban Architect
- Area: 1570 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: Construction de Laberge, GRV Experts Conseils
Research Building DLR SpaceLIFT / Architekten BDA Feldschnieders + Kister + KSG Architekten
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Architects: Architekten BDA Feldschnieders + Kister, KSG Architekten
- Area: 3850 m²
- Year: 2012
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Manufacturers: Lamilux, ABC Klinkergruppe
Instituut Verbeeten / Wiegerinck
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Architects: Wiegerinck
- Area: 1794 m²
- Year: 2010
Sauna / General Architecture
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Architects: General Architecture
- Year: 2009
Home Spa / architekti.sk
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Architects: architekti.sk
- Area: 510 m²
- Year: 2012