Guillem Carrera's care home in northern Spain encourages residents to socialise
Architect Guillem Carrera has completed an environmentally friendly elderly care home and day centre on a wedge-shaped plot in the Spanish village of Blancafort. More
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Maternity facility in rural Uganda is entirely self-sustaining
HKS Architects and Engineers for Overseas Development have built a maternity unit in Uganda, using local materials, skills and technology to create a sustainable facility. More
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Arcop arranges Afghan hospital around public and private courtyards
This hospital nestled in a valley in Afghanistan's central highlands features a sequence of courtyards intended to "foster healing and well-being" that become increasingly more private within the complex. More
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White Arkitekter to create psychiatric clinic in Greenland
Scandinavian architecture firm White Arkitekter has unveiled plans to build a pale yellow psychiatric clinic in Nuuk, Greenland, which will frame views of the surrounding arctic landscape. More
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Climbing wall and swing promote play at Hibinosekkei's Tokyo childcare centre
Japanese architecture studio Hibinosekkei incorporated structures intended to encourage play into the interior design of this Tokyo support centre for children with developmental difficulties. More
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Sheppard Robson designs barn-style extension for Edinburgh horse hospital
Four-legged patients should feel at home at Edinburgh's new equine care unit, designed by Sheppard Robson as a modern take on traditional farm architecture. More
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Manuel Herz Architects plans S-shaped extension to Senegalese hospital
Swiss studio Manuel Herz Architects has unveiled plans to extend Tambacounda Hospital in Senegal, with a snaking building featuring perforated brick walls. More
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Bulldozer demolishes Frank Lloyd Wright medical centre in Montana
Despite major efforts from preservation groups, Frank Lloyd Wright's Lockridge Medical Clinic in Whitefish, Montana, has become the architect's first intact building to be destroyed in over 40 years. More
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Cannon Design creates sculptural glass hospital in southern California
American firm Cannon Design has largely avoided right angles while designing this medical facility near San Diego, resulting in a building defined by curvilinear forms and surfaces. More
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Steven Holl completes luminous Maggie's Centre next to Britain's oldest hospital
American architect Steven Holl has unveiled his Maggie's Centre for cancer patients in London, featuring a facade of translucent white glass dotted with coloured panels. More
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Geometric forms and embossed details recall historic predecessors at Spanish psychiatric facility
A team of Spanish architects has modernised a 19th-century psychiatric centre in the city of Pamplona by adding a series of structures with gabled profiles that reference the forms of the existing buildings. More
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Cannon Design and NEUF Architectes complete massive urban hospital for Montreal
US-based Cannon Design and Canadian studio NEUF Architectes have completed the first phase of high-rise medical facility in Montreal, described as one of the largest healthcare projects in North America. More
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Concrete dermatology office by Matt Fajkus overlooks Texas Hill Country
American firm Matt Fajkus Architecture has created a low-lying medical office in central Texas made of concrete and glass, which is intended to provide a soothing atmosphere for patients. More
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Marlon Blackwell creates Arkansas paediatric clinic with vivid red facade
American firm Marlon Blackwell Architects has created a bright red medical facility for children that is meant to stand apart from its bland, suburban-style neighbours. More
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Restoration work completes on Louis Kahn's Salk Institute in California
The Salk Institute's worn teak windows have been cleaned up, repaired and replaced as part of the conservation of the coastal Californian laboratory designed by American architect Louis Kahn. More
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dRMM builds Oldham Maggie's Centre around a courtyard with rippling glass walls
A courtyard with undulating glass walls descends from the base of the stilted wooden structure of this Maggie's Centre for cancer care in Oldham, England, which has been designed by London studio dRMM. More
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OOPEAA builds wood and zinc sauna on the shore of a tiny Finnish island
Finnish architecture office OOPEAA has completed a log cabin-style sauna on an island in Helsinki's archipelago that is topped with a zinc roof incorporating dormer windows. More
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Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital combines concrete and brick with colourful details and big windows
Sheppard Robson and John Copper Architecture have completed a children's hospital in Johannesburg, which features brick facades and large windows that allow patients to take in the landscaping. More
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Oslo psychiatric centre by Hille Melbye features planted courtyards and decorative brickwork
Patients of Hille Melbye's psychiatric centre in Oslo are welcomed by a decorative brick building, which is surrounded by landscaped courtyards designed to act as an extension of therapy. More
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NORD Architects' Copenhagen hospice aims to provide "a unique place for the final journey"
Copenhagen studio NORD Architects has completed a hospice for palliative patients in the heart of the Danish capital, with golden facades featuring curving cutouts that surround quiet courtyards. More