The newest outpost of the network of cancer care centers stands apart with its pyramidal roof and thoughtful integration into the surrounding garden landscape.
Designed by New York–based GKG, the construction of the Kyabirwa Surgical Center relied on the skills of local craftspeople, vernacular building techniques, and regionally available materials.
Set among a tranquil landscape, the hybrid steel and mass-timber Contemplative Commons aims to foster organic exploration of new ways of experiencing the world.
A July 1976 article explores how architect Bertrand Goldberg applied his headily futuristic vision for health care at hospital projects in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Tacoma.
The Danish architect envisioned the Copenhagen facility, featuring an inviting central atrium, as a ‘really friendly, attractive place where people want to go.’
Polk Stanley Wilcox’s park-topped Alice L. Walton School of Medicine and Marlon Blackwell Architects’ stone-clad Heartland Whole Health Institute debut months ahead of an expansion of the philanthropist’s Arkansas art museum.
The 736-bed Midland Metropolitan University Hospital—a project by Cagni Williams, HKS, and Sonnemann Toon—balances strict technical requirements with design meant to provide comfort and speed the recovery process.