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Vallet de Martinis Architectes designs assisted housing complex as “extension” of forest

January 17, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

French studio Vallet de Martinis Architectes has created an assisted living complex for the Joffre-Dupuytren Hospital beside a forest in the suburbs of Paris. Located at the edge of the hospital’s campus, the site sits between the Rue de l’Erminage, a main entrance to the town of Draveil and the Sénart Forest, of which Vallet

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Mario Cucinella Architects reveals semicircular hospital rising out of the ground in Cremona

December 14, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Italian studio Mario Cucinella Architects has unveiled its design for a hospital and health park in Cremona, Italy, which appears to rise out of the ground in concentric rings. The hospital will have a radial semicircular layout that rises to seven storeys and staggers to create roof terraces. A semicircular colonnade will stand opposite the hospital

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Shigeru Ban designs timber surgical centre for Ukraine’s war-wounded

July 24, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Japanese studio Shigeru Ban Architects and local studio AMBK have designed a cross-laminated timber expansion for Ukraine’s largest hospital, which is located in Lviv. Designed to increase hospital capacity in the country, the surgical centre was announced by the mayor of Lviv at the end of June at the Lviv Urban Forum. Construction of the extension

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Shigeru Ban designs timber surgical centre for Ukraine’s war-wounded

July 24, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Japanese studio Shigeru Ban Architects and local studio AMBK have designed a cross-laminated timber expansion for Ukraine’s largest hospital, which is located in Lviv. Designed to increase hospital capacity in the country, the surgical centre was announced by the mayor of Lviv at the end of June at the Lviv Urban Forum. Construction of the extension

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White Arkitekter to design “UK’s most sustainable hospital”

November 4, 2022 Cajsa Carlson 0

Swedish studio White Arkitekter has been chosen to design the all-electric Velindre Cancer Centre in Wales, which will be built partly with low-carbon materials and follow circular economy principles. The Velindre Cancer Centre, which is set to be built in Cardiff, will feature lounge spaces, radiotherapy facilities and waiting areas all constructed from timber. Other

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Hariri Pontarini rethinks cold medical interiors at Barlo MS Centre

September 18, 2022 Dan Howarth 0
Staircase at BARLO MS Centre

Canadian architecture studio Hariri Pontarini has completed a clinic in Toronto for multiple sclerosis patients that features warm wood tones and spaces designed to feel like “first-class airplane lounges”. The Barlo MS Centre is Canada’s largest clinic dedicated to those with MS, a complex autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system. Named after its

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A+R Architekten references traditional structures for hospital in Myanmar

September 10, 2022 Jon Astbury 0
Project Burma Hospital by A+R Architekten in Myanmar

German practice A+R Architekten drew on traditional typologies and materials for this hospital in the remote village of Magyizin, Myanmar, which has been shortlisted in the civic building category of Dezeen Awards 2022. Located atop a hill in an area that is largely inaccessible during the rainy season, the hospital, developed by German NGO Projekt

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Renzo Piano designs trio of nature-focused hospitals for Greece

September 7, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0
Exterior of the General Hospital of Komotini

Italian architect Renzo Piano’s studio has shared its plans to create three hospitals in the cities of Thessaloniki, Komotini and Sparta in Greece for the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Expected to complete in 2025, the three facilities will become the University Pediatric Hospital Of Thessaloniki, the General Hospital Of Sparta and the General Hospital Of Komotini.

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Renzo Piano designs trio of nature-focused hospitals for Greece

September 7, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0
Exterior of the General Hospital of Komotini

Italian architect Renzo Piano’s studio has shared its plans to create three hospitals in the cities of Thessaloniki, Komotini and Sparta in Greece for the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Expected to complete in 2025, the three facilities will become the University Pediatric Hospital Of Thessaloniki, the General Hospital Of Sparta and the General Hospital Of Komotini.

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“Smog-eating” ceramic fins cover hospital in Milan by Mario Cucinella Architects

April 26, 2022 Jon Astbury 0
Exterior image of the San Raffaele Hospital

Large ceramic fins with a titanium dioxide coating that can break down smog particles cover the wave-like form of this hospital building in Milan, designed by local practice Mario Cucinella Architects. The 40,000-square-metre San Raffaele Hospital, nicknamed the Iceberg, combines university teaching and research spaces with an emergency room and 284-bed inpatient facility across its 10

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