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. More about "Smog-eating" ceramic fins cover hospital in Milan by Mario Cucinella Architects
Architecture studio BIG has designed a six-storey neuroscience centre in Aarhus, Denmark, with an undulating form derived from the human brain. More about BIG designs Danish neuroscience centre to "mimic" the human brain
Following The Friendship Hospital in Bangladesh being named the world's best building, we have rounded up 10 other architecturally impressive medical facilities from across the globe. More about Ten architecturally impressive hospitals that aim to redefine healthcare
The Friendship Hospital in Bangladesh by local architecture studio Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA has been awarded the RIBA International Prize 2021. More about Rural hospital in Bangladesh named world's best building by RIBA
Milan-based design studio Matteo Thun & Partners and German architecture firm HDR Germany have designed a hospital in Germany that draws on hospitality design to ensure patients are treated like guests. More about Matteo Thun and HDR Germany create new wing with "hotel-like" patient rooms for Waldkliniken Eisenberg hospital
Architecture firm Foster + Partners has designed an inpatient facility for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which is intended to serve as an example of a "hospital of the future". More about Foster + Partners completes hospital with striped facade for University of Pennsylvania
Swiss architect Fabien Roy has designed Robust Nest, an incubator for hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa that functions throughout power cuts and is currently being exhibited as part of Milan design week. More about Fabien Roy creates power cut-resilient incubator to protect babies in sub-Saharan Africa from hypothermia
Architecture studio Adjaye Associates is designing over 100 hospitals for sites across Ghana as part of the country's Agenda 111 program. More about Adjaye Associates designing 101 hospitals "to transform Ghana's medical system"
London studio Projects Office has used seaside-inspired colours and imagery to create a comfortable but practical interior for a mental health unit at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh. More about Projects Office designs non-institutional interior for mental health facility in Edinburgh
Swiss studio Manuel Herz Architects has unveiled the curvilinear Maternity and Paediatric Hospital in Tambacounda, Senegal, which is defined by its lattice-like brickwork. More about Manuel Herz encloses curvilinear hospital in Senegal with lattice brickwork
Dutch architecture studio OMA has produced a film exploring hospital design as part of its research into its first hospital buildings. Partner at the studio Reinier de Graaf tells Dezeen how he envisions the hospital of the future. More about "Hospitals in drastic, drastic need of innovation" says Reinier de Graaf
Hospital patients could be treated in prefabricated drive-through clinics without leaving their cars, according to a concept by architect NBBJ. More about Drive-through clinics in hospital car parks could be used for "accelerated vaccine roll-out" says NBBJ
Foster + Partners has revealed visuals of the Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Centre Cairo hospital in Egypt that will prioritise connecting patients with nature to boost their wellbeing. More about Foster + Partners' Cairo hospital embodies "latest research on biophilia"
Design studio Integrated Field has created colourful arched interiors filled with animals and clouds to provide an enjoyable experience for children at a hospital in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. More about Integrated Field decorates children's hospital in Thailand with slides and a pool
An "urban living room" and rooftop gardens will animate the Shenzhen Children's Hospital and Science and Education Building, which B+H Architects is developing in China. More about Cascade of sky gardens to crown Shenzhen children's hospital by B+H Architects
Bayalpata Hospital is a medical complex in Achham, Nepal, built from rammed earth by American architecture office Sharon Davis Design. More about Sharon Davis Design builds rammed-earth hospital in Nepal
Recycling-focused studio Miniwiz, Taiwan's government and Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital have created a prototype for a modular ward using recycled aluminium panels, which would allow hospitals to quickly be adapted to fight coronavirus. More about Miniwiz builds modular hospital ward prototype at Taipei hospital
Hospitals and universities are "dinosaurs" that need to be redesigned in the wake of coronavirus, according to architect Carlo Ratti. More about Carlo Ratti calls for redesign of "dinosaur" hospitals and universities for the post-coronavirus era
While converting existing buildings into fully functioning hospitals is unfeasible, high schools and large hotels can be used as care space for coronavirus patients, says Jason Schroer, who is director of health at HKS's firm in Dallas. Here he explains how. More about "A non-healthcare building converted to a patient care space is not quite a hospital"
A two-bed intensive care unit within a shipping container, designed by Italian architects Carlo Ratti and Italo Rota, has been built at a hospital in Turin and is being used to treat patients fighting the coronavirus. More about Shipping-container intensive care unit installed at Turin hospital