Tonkin Liu shrinks architectural shell lace structure to create prototype windpipe stent
Architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu have created a prototype stent that adapts to a patient's throat for use after tracheal transplant surgery. More
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London animal hospital respects the age-old rivalry between cats and dogs
Architecture studio Alma-nac has built a round-the-clock emergency hospital for pets, which is designed to keep cats and dogs away from each other. 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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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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Parsons students partner with Care + Wear to redesign the hospital gown
Students from the Parsons School of Design have worked with hospital clothing company Care+Wear to create a patient gown that provides coverage, while also allowing doctors necessary access to the body. 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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Super Local creates affordable equipment for hospitals in Malawi
Dutch design studio Super Local has worked with craftsmen in Malawi to develop a line of affordable hospital products that can be made locally. 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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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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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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Matt Van der Velde photographs abandoned insane asylums
Canadian photographer Matt Van der Velde has toured the deserted and decaying hospitals once used to house and treat patients suffering from psychiatric disorders. More
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Morag Myerscough brightens the wards of Sheffield Children's Hospital
British designer Morag Myerscough had to meet strict clinical regulations to bring her bright colours and harlequin prints to the wards of this children's hospital in northern England. More
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Philippines hospital designed by CAZA to serve as model for rural healthcare
New York firm CAZA has unveiled design for a hospital and trauma centre in a popular beach town in the Philippines, which will feature stone cladding, verdant courtyards and light-filled interior spaces. More
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Gitta Gschwendtner furnishes Rogers Stirk Harbour's London cancer treatment centre
German designer Gitta Gschwendtner has created the furniture for a dedicated cancer treatment centre at Guy's Hospital in London, completed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners earlier this year. More
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Rogers Stirk Harbour's £160 million cancer treatment centre opens at London hospital
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has completed a dedicated cancer treatment centre at Guy's Hospital in London, which welcomes its first patients today. More
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AGi Architects completes cardiac rehabilitation centre overlooking Kuwait Bay
With stone-clad walls and a deep red atrium, this medical centre in Kuwait was designed by AGi architects to look more like a cultural building than a health facility (+ slideshow). More
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Atelier 2+1 adds glazed extension to Parisian psychiatric hospital
A 1960s-inspired window wall fronts this extension to a psychiatric institute in Paris by Local firm Atelier 2+1 (+ slideshow). More
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Epilepsy care home by Atelier Martel features stippled concrete walls
Soft indents create hundreds of spots across the concrete walls of this health centre in northeast France, designed by Atelier Martel to offer support and treatment to epilepsy sufferers (+ slideshow). More