What will the future of American medical care look like? One answer to that question lies amid the suburban sprawl of Allen, Texas, a bedroom community sprouting from the tawny prairie land some 30 miles north of downtown Dallas. There, on a stretch of nondescript parkway lined with banal strip malls and cookie-cutter housing developments, you will find an unexpectedly antic structure of folded zinc planes, jutting angles, and perforated mesh screens.
This interloper is Legacy ER, an 8,500-square-foot freestanding emergency room and urgent-care facility owned and operated by a group of local physicians. The architect is Yen Ong, a partner in 5G Studio Collaborative, a nine-year-old Dallas-based practice, which gained prominence in 2011 with its design for the 1,000-room Dallas Omni Hotel, a sleek wedge wrapped with bands of LED lighting.
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