A Danish Hospital Gets a Light-Filled Addition
Replete with light and art, the North Wing of the Rigshospitalet medical complex offers a vision for the future of health care.
Healthcare
Health-Care Centers and Universities Gear Up for COVID’s End
A recent Think Tank panel found design professionals who work in health care and academia sharing strategies on protection and productivity.
Health-Care Workplaces and a Safe New Normal
A recent Think Tank panel looked to health-care workplaces to understand COVID-19’s long-term effects.
A Plastic Surgery Clinic in Paris Cuts an Impressive Figure
Interior architecture firm Le Berre Vevaud converts a ubiquitous Haussmann apartment into a florid yet refined doctor’s office.
RxART Transforms Hospital Interiors with Colorful Art Works
The nonprofit has recently collaborated with three blue-chip artists to offer pediatric patients and families escape into their imaginations.
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.
A New Line of Textiles Seek to Make Hospitals Healthier
With increased cleanability and silver ion anti-microbial technology, Ensemble from Arc-Com supports healthier hospitals initiative.
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.
Tedlar® Film helps to Meet Increased Healthcare Cleaning Needs
The high-tech film is hyper durable, easy to clean, and can be applied to almost any surface, increasing the life of materials while reducing contamination.
To Help Fight COVID-19, Manufacturers Create Devices and Services for Doctors
As the coronavirus has shuttered cities and immobilized citizens, manufacturers have found ways to offer support to vulnerable populations and provide free protective gear to medical professionals.
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.
5 Ways Architects and Designers are Responding to COVID-19
3D printed face shields, hospital conversions, material donations, and deployable intensive care units are just some ways architects are stepping up during the pandemic.
A Big-Box Store Finds New Life as a Healthcare Clinic
With clever spatial arrangements and distinctive materials, HDR transformed a Sports Authority in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood into an outpatient clinic.
The Problem with the “Designification” of Health Care
A new wave of clinics is using design to attract patients frustrated with old-guard medical facilities. But is further commodification of health care the answer?
7 Projects That Signal The Rise of Haute Health Care
A millennial wave of health care interior design is sweeping the world, bringing the comfort and style of restaurants and clubs to everything from primary care clinics to dentist's offices.
In the Heart of a Hospital Campus, a Ruin-Turned-Gathering Place Helps Patients Heal
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.
In Austin, A New University Medical Center Stays True to its Motto: Rethink Everything
The design of this new Austin, Texas, medical training facility encourages academic excellence with spaces for collaboration.
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.
Architects on How the Profession Can Design Inclusive Healthcare Facilities
Metropolis's latest Think Tank event, held at the Boston offices of HDR, addressed how architecture and design professionals can design for humanity.
When Architecture Became Healthy: Examining More than 100 Years of Design and Wellness
A new show, on view at London’s healthcare-focused gallery, the Wellcome Collection, chronicles the history of the built environment and our wellbeing.
