A New Model for High End Health Care
Using innovative technology and personalized branding, hybrid design studio Cactus blurs the line between hospitals and health spas.
Using innovative technology and personalized branding, hybrid design studio Cactus blurs the line between hospitals and health spas.
With increased cleanability and silver ion anti-microbial technology, Ensemble from Arc-Com supports healthier hospitals initiative.
Next in our annual Game Changers series, Diana Anderson and General Architecture Collaborative discuss architecture, wellness, and community, informed by their unique on-the-ground experiences, research, and hybrid roles as designers.
Rafael Viñoly Architects in collaboration with Perkins Eastman built a hotel-like environment for patients and families, featuring four acres of gardens with outdoor lounge areas on the roof.
The health-care center, a partnership between the government of Nepal and nonprofit Possible Health, serves an estimated 100,000 visitors a year.
3D printed face shields, hospital conversions, material donations, and deployable intensive care units are just some ways architects are stepping up during the pandemic.
With clever spatial arrangements and distinctive materials, HDR transformed a Sports Authority in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood into an outpatient clinic.
The proposed design of the Focal Point Community Campus for the southwest side of Chicago puts health care at the center of a holistic approach to…
Ghent-based Architecten dVVT only made light interventions to create a new multi-use common area within this early 20th century structure in the Belgian town of Melle.
The pediatric oncology hospital, covering 483,000 square feet across five levels, is the largest facility of its kind in Europe and one of the most unusual.
A Metropolis Think Tank panel, held at Payette in Boston, highlighted how building bigger prototypes and mockups can make all the difference.
The design of this new Austin, Texas, medical training facility encourages academic excellence with spaces for collaboration.
Metropolis profiles CannonDesign's behavioral-health studio—a multidisciplinary pool of in-house experts that helm projects in their highly specialized field.
Metropolis's latest Think Tank event, held at the Boston offices of HDR, addressed how architecture and design professionals can design for humanity.
A new show, on view at London’s healthcare-focused gallery, the Wellcome Collection, chronicles the history of the built environment and our wellbeing.
The recently opened NewYork-Presbyterian David H. Koch Center foregrounds the patient experience, with light-filled spaces and a wealth of amenities.
The Perkins Eastman–designed Rutgers University project balances site-sensitive design with a bold architectural statement for the school’s (and city’s) future.
The city’s first 24-hour veterinary clinic, designed by local firm Alma-nac, accommodates the requirements of pets in need, as well as their owners.
At Metropolis's Washington D.C. Think Tank in December, hosted by Gensler, panelists—ranging from architects to a politician—discussed how to design for a healthier America.
The project exemplifies the healthcare industry’s turn toward hospitality, here evident in a series of community spaces, landscaped gardens, and even a fireplace.