A Breakthrough in Biophilic Lighting Design
LIGHTGLASS offers the first practical solution to bring the experience of daylight to windowless spaces.
Healthcare Architecture
Game Changers 2020: Diana Anderson and General Architecture Collaborative on Wellness and Community
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.
With Hotel-Like Amenities, the New Stanford Hospital Streamlines Patient Experience
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.
Sustainability is a Nonnegotiable at Sharon Davis’s Bayalpata Regional Hospital
The health-care center, a partnership between the government of Nepal and nonprofit Possible Health, serves an estimated 100,000 visitors a year.
How Architecture Can Help Address America's Mental-Health-Care Crisis
Metropolis profiles CannonDesign's behavioral-health studio—a multidisciplinary pool of in-house experts that helm projects in their highly specialized field.
New Philadelphia Hospital Is "Better Than Most Hotels"
The project exemplifies the healthcare industry’s turn toward hospitality, here evident in a series of community spaces, landscaped gardens, and even a fireplace.
Steven Holl’s New Maggie’s Cancer Center is a Pearl of Optimism in Uncertain Political Times
The new St. Bartholomew’s Hospital support facility, which opened Monday, is a sensitive new neighbor in a historic context.
Prouty Garden is Slated to Be Destroyed—Will Its Legacy Be Preserved?
Boston Children’s Hospital will soon replace its beloved Prouty Garden with a rooftop greenspace roughly one-third its size—but will this new space truly be the haven patients deserve?
This Physical-Healthcare Facility Pioneers Virtual Care
Mercy's Virtual Care Center offers a dynamic new alternative to health care, this time without beds.
The Case for Human-Centered Healthcare Design
Humane hospital care is subverted by an outmoded practice: metrics based design.
What Is and Is Not Biophilic Design?
If design doesn’t focus on aspects of the natural world that contribute to human health and productivity in the age-old struggle to be fit and survive, it’s not biophilic.
Beyond Aging in Place: Urban Studies Expert Deane Simpson on the Future of Retirement
Architect and urban studies expert Deane Simpson discusses aging in place and rethinking senior citizen communities.
Q&A: Alisdair McGregor on Diagnosing Health-Care Design
The Arup fellow and director of the UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay discusses the future of hospital design.
