Hospital
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A vertical hospital shaped by Country and community
At Peninsula University Hospital, a people-centric design approach brings together healthcare, culture and landscape — redefining the experience of care on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.
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Found in translation
UNSW Health Translation Hub by Architectus, with ASPECT Studios and Yerrabingin, is a landmark building informed by the latest healthcare design principles.
News
BLP’s Tara Veldman wins inaugural Australian Health Design Council Gold Medal
The BLP Managing Director & Principal has been named recipient of the very first Australian Health Design Council (AHDC) Gold Medal Award.
Ideas
On healthcare and inclusion with BLP’s Tracy Lord
Healthcare design expert Tracy Lord joins us on the Stories Indesign podcast to discuss her varied inspiration and the need for nuance in her sector.
Ideas
BLP comment: Can gender separation support mental health recovery?
Tonya Hinde, BLP Principal, comments on the importance of gender separation in the context of mental health design.
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A union of care and community
Extensive consultation with hospital staff and residents shaped the Canberra Hospital Expansion, a nine-storey structure that marks Australia’s inaugural fully operational electric hospital.
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A sanctuary for health
Saving people’s lives and healing the mind and spirit, this hospital sensitively designed by SJK Architects is making a real difference to all who stay, visit and work within its walls.
News
BLP marks $658m healthcare project milestone in Sydney
BLP announces the topping out of Health Infrastructure’s $658m Sydney Children’s Hospital Stage 1 and Minderoo Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre building.
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Harmony and healing in mental health design with Hassell
Caring for our mental health is paramount these days and architecture and design can lead the way as Hassell shows in its latest project in Queensland.
Events
Victorian Heart Hospital wins The Health and Wellbeing Space at 2023 INDE.Awards
The winner of The Health and Wellbeing Space category changes lives in all the right ways and is a paragon of best practice design for the future.
Ideas
“Health precincts are about embracing diversity and a holistic approach”: Ben Rees
Health precincts are complicated, multi-dimensional places to develop, design, deliver and operate, writes Hassell’s Ben Rees. So, “how do we balance commercial imperatives with the need to foster connection, community and wellbeing?”
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Bates Smart comment: Can city-making inform hospital design?
From third spaces to connections with the urban realm, Alison Huynh shares her vision for healthy hospital design.
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BLP appointed lead architect for Queensland’s Bundaberg Hospital
Billard Leece Partnership will lead the architectural design of Queensland’s new Bundaberg Hospital, tipped to be a significant step forward in the state’s health infrastructure development.
NSW
Welcome to Hospital Street: BLP realises Campbelltown award-winning expansion
The $632 million Stage 2 Campbelltown Hospital Redevelopment in south-west Sydney realises the latest thinking around healthcare and healing environments. Campbelltown Hospital campus is almost doubled in size in Billard Leece Partnership’s (BLP) award-winning integrated design.
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Comment: Fender Katsalidis principal Jessica Lee on the three biggest trends in aged care design
In this comment piece written by Jessica Lee, talks us through the standout trends in designing for aged care.
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Silver Thomas Hanley on healthcare: Design brief, but with emotion
STH’s Anna Fox, Bill Kaloudis, Natalie Pitt and Stuart Turk put forward the case for emotionally responsive design with reference to healthcare projects that prioritise safety, views and space among other things.
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Woods Bagot comment: ‘People-centric care’ sounds obvious, but we’re stuck in a system
In this comment piece on healthcare design, Edwina Bennett, associate principal at Woods Bagot, asserts that it’s time to prioritise people with new ways of organising our health spaces.
Articles
Don’t underestimate the design potential of durable flooring
The trade-off between design versatility and performance is officially over in the world of durable flooring, thanks to these two Polyflor solutions.
Ideas
Will you take the ten day hospital challenge?
Say what you will about the administration of China, they sure know how to address a lack of medical facilities in the face of a crisis.
Ideas
Will you take the ten day hospital challenge?
Say what you will about the administration of China, they sure know how to address a lack of medical facilities in the face of a crisis.
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Christchurch catalyst
For resurgent Christchurch, Tūranga is reinventing how a central library can ignite its cultural and social capital in a city still rebuilding.
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Reimagining clinical space
The architects of the Cabrini Hospital in Melbourne, Australia envisaged wards that feel both polished and hotel-like in quality. But it’s the focus on safety requirements and functional needs of patients and staff that really shines through.
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Healthy horizons: Perth Children’s Hospital
Frightening or fascinating? Perth Children’s Hospital takes the nightmare out of hospital visits, inviting curiosity and play into its life-changing spaces.
Articles
Walkway to Wellness: Arrow Metal at Gosford Hospital
It is a truth universally acknowledged that nobody ever ‘enjoys’ getting sick. However, it is equally true – but perhaps less often acknowledged – that the future of healthcare architecture in Australia is a bright and exciting one.
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Jiahui Hospital By NBBJ: Shanghai’s Hospital In A Garden
China’s first-ever hospital to earn LEED Healthcare Gold Certification leads the way for innovative, human-focused healing environments.
People
5 mins with Charlotte Ruben of White Arkitekter
Charlotte Ruben, partner at Swedish firm White Arkitekter, is at the forefront of the new generation of hospital design. Ruben shares her insights into this growing sector and how a hospital ecosystem comes together.
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Academic Architecture: Lyons Architecture Creates New Transformative School
The new Adelaide University Health and Medical School is a model of academic virtue and stunning contemporary architecture.