https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1095 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18163 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:04:06 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18163-design-ed-podcast-alan-ricks-and-sierra-bainbridge http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17834 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 06:12:04 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17834-2025-architectural-record-awards-winner-rwanda-institute-for-conservation-agriculture http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17367 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:00:16 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17367-snapshot-mass-design-group-transforms-an-abandoned-hudson-valley-cistern-into-an-underground-arts-venue http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16273 Wed, 24 May 2023 11:42:56 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16273-davos-baukultur-alliance-holds-inaugural-event-at-18th-venice-architecture-biennale WEF_Baukultur.jpg Pritzker Prize-winning architect Alejandro Aravena speaks at a kickoff event for the World Economic Forum's Davos Baukultur Alliance held during the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale. RECORD Editor in Chief Josephine Minutillo introduced the event's keynote speakers and led a panel discussion. Photo courtesy Davos Baukultur Alliance WEF_Baukultur4.webp  Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu present adaptive reuse projects from their eponymous Shanghai-based architecture and design practice. Photo courtesy Davos Baukultur Alliance WEF_Baukultur3.webp Aravena and Christian Benimana, co-executive director and senior principal at MASS Design Group, at the kickoff event in Venice. Photo courtesy Davos Baukultur Alliance WEF_Baukultur2.webp Christian Benimana discusses MASS Design Group's sustainable building projects in Africa. Benimana leads the nonprofit architecture and design collective's Kigali, Rwanda, studio. Photo courtesy Davos Baukultur Alliance WEF_Baukultur_7.webp Alain Berset, President of the Swiss Confederation, provides opening remarks. Photo courtesy Davos Baukultur Alliance The Embrace, a large-scale bronze sculpture conceived by the nonprofit architecture collective and the Brooklyn-based artist, is met with mixed reviews.]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16031 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:01:54 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16031-mass-design-group-and-artist-hank-willis-thomas-unveil-boston-memorial-to-mlk-and-coretta-scott-king MASS-Design-Group-The-Embrace-1.jpg MASS Design Group and Hank Thomas Willis's collaboratively conceived work The Embrace on the Boston Common. Photo © MASS Design Group MASS-Design-Group-The-Embrace-3.jpg The Embrace anchors the MASS Design Group–designed 1965 Freedom Rally Memorial Plaza on the Boston Common. Photo © MASS Design Group MASS-Design-Group-The-Embrace-2.webp The large-scale sculpture illuminated at night. Photo © MASS Design Group http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15766 Mon, 01 Aug 2022 06:05:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15766-mass-design-group-establishes-a-model-for-regenerative-construction-in-rwanda MASS Design Group's Katie Swenson talks to RECORD about the Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture and how MASS is redefining how architecture firms are organized.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15626 Wed, 27 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15626-designed-podcast-mass-design-groups-katie-swenson http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15535 Fri, 25 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15535-mass-design-groups-michael-murphy-remembers-dr-paul-farmer Paul-Farmer-MASS-3.jpg Butaro Doctors's Housing quarters, part of the Butaro Hospital Complex built by MASS Design Group in partnership with Paul Farmer's Partners in Health. Photo © Iwan Baan, courtesy MASS Design Group Paul-Farmer-1 Photo courtesy MASS Design Group Paul-Farmer-2 Photo courtesy MASS Design Group MASS Design Group worked with Dr. Farmer, a global public heath advocate and a founder of Partners In Health, in his fight for quality healthcare as a basic human right.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15529 Thu, 24 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15529-tribute-dr-paul-farmer-1959-2022-mass-design-groups-first-client Paul-Farmer-MASS-2.jpg Butaro District Hospital built in partnership with Partners in Health. Photo © Iwan Baan, courtesy MASS Design Group Paul-Farmer-MASS-1.jpg Butaro Doctor Sharehousing (part of Butaro District Hospital complex) built in partnership with Partners in Health in Burera District, Rwanda. Photo © Iwan Baan, courtesy MASS Design Group http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15461 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 01:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15461-design-and-healing-exhibition-at-the-cooper-hewitt-offers-creative-responses-to-epidemics http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15436 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 18:03:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15436-angela-brooks-and-lawrence-scarpa-win-2021-aia-gold-medal AIA-Gold-Brooks-Scarpa-1.jpg Angela Brooks & Lawrence Scarpa of Brooks + Scarpa, FAIA. Photo © Jeff Durkin AIA-Gold-Brooks-Scarpa-2.jpg South Los Angeles Charter High School by Brooks + Scarpa. Photo © Tara Wujcik AIA-Award-MASS-Design-Group-1.jpg MASS Design Group. Photo © Chris Schwagga http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15110 Tue, 04 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15110-african-leadership-university-by-mass-design-group African-Leadership-University-01-B.jpg African Leadership University. Photo © Iwan Baan http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14710 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14710-four-health-care-projects-by-mass-design-group-in-africa New-Redemption-Hospital-01-B.jpg New Redemption Hospital http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14595 Wed, 29 Apr 2020 09:42:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14595-mass-design-offers-guidance-for-adapting-hospitals-on-the-fly The transformation of a Rwandan facility by MASS Design Group’s African Design Centre is a model for local education.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13902 Fri, 15 Feb 2019 10:15:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13902-ruhehe-primary-school-by-mass-design-group 1903-FirstLook-MASSDesignGroup-Rwanda-Ruhehe-Primary-School-01.jpg Two curving perimeter walls mark the entrance to the Ruhehe Primary School campus. Photo © Iwan Baan An aerial view reveals the plan: four new buildings branch out from the walls to the west and contain classrooms, as well as a library, nursery, headmaster’s office, and teachers’ room. Two existing classrooms flank the northern and southern borders of the campus. Photo © Iwan Baan New structures have volcanic-rock-clad end walls and clay-tile roofs. Photo © Iwan Baan Breezeways allow students and staff to pass through as they navigate the sloped campus. Photo © Iwan Baan Vividly painted light shelves in classrooms deflect direct sunlight from polycarbonate skylights. Photo © Iwan Baan Woven bamboo-and-bark doors animate classroom buildings and assist natural ventilation. Photo © Iwan Baan Image courtesy MASS Design Group http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13394 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13394-national-memorial-for-peace-and-justice-offers-powerful-haunting-experience The Legacy Museum lobby Photo © Human Pictures / Equal Justice Initiative national-memorial-peace-justice-lynching-montgomery-alabama-eji-02.jpg The monuments laid out horizontally in the field of the six-acre park are meant to be removed from Montgomery and relocated to the U.S. counties named on each. Photo © Glenny Brock/Architectural Record national-memorial-peace-justice-lynching-montgomery-alabama-eji-03.jpg The monuments are made of Corten weathering steel. Photo © Glenny Brock/Architectural Record national-memorial-peace-justice-lynching-montgomery-alabama-eji-04.jpg The National Memorial for Peace and Justice sits on a six-acre site one mile from downtown Montgomery. Photo © Glenny Brock/Architectural Record national-memorial-peace-justice-lynching-montgomery-alabama-eji-05.jpg The nation's first national memorial for lynching victims features "honest" materials: weathered steel and American hardwoods. Photo © Glenny Brock/Architectural Record national-memorial-peace-justice-lynching-montgomery-alabama-eji-06.jpg The number of lynchings varied from county to county. Some monuments have only a few names, while others list so many victims that a second column was required. Photo © Glenny Brock/Architectural Record national-memorial-peace-justice-lynching-montgomery-alabama-eji-07.jpg Most of the monuments hang above the deck where visitors walk, but some are suspended above landscaped areas and footpaths. Photo © Glenny Brock/Architectural Record national-memorial-peace-justice-lynching-montgomery-alabama-eji-08.jpg The dedication of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. Photo © Glenny Brock/Architectural Record national-memorial-peace-justice-lynching-montgomery-alabama-eji-09.jpg Literature is prominent on the grounds of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. In addition to this quotation from Toni Morrison, a poem by Elizabeth Alexander is part of the display. Photo © Glenny Brock/Architectural Record national-memorial-peace-justice-lynching-montgomery-alabama-eji-10.jpg Detail of Nkyinkim Installation, a sculpture by Ghanian sculptor Kwame Akoto-Bamfo. Photo © Glenny Brock/Architectural Record national-memorial-peace-justice-lynching-montgomery-alabama-eji-11.jpg Detail of Nkyinkim Installation, a sculpture by Ghanian sculptor Kwame Akoto-Bamfo. Photo © Glenny Brock/Architectural Record National-Memorial-Peace-Justice-Montgomery-Alabama-EJI-Lynching-10.jpg A display of jars of soil from the site of lynchings in the Legacy Museum. Photo © Human Pictures / Equal Justice Initiative The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, a project of the Equal Justice Initiative in collaboration with MASS Design Group, opens in Montgomery on April 26, along with a museum.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13381 Wed, 25 Apr 2018 10:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13381-lynching-memorial-opening-thursday-in-alabama The National Memorial for Peace and Justice Photo courtesy Equal Justice Initiative Memorial monuments representing Stokes County, NC, and Pike County, MS Photo © Human Pictures / Equal Justice Initiative Memorial monuments Photo © Human Pictures / Equal Justice Initiative Memorial monuments and corridor Photo © Human Pictures / Equal Justice Initiative Sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas Photo © Human Pictures / Equal Justice Initiative Sculpture by Kwame Akoto-Bamfo Photo © Human Pictures / Equal Justice Initiative The Legacy Museum Photo © Human Pictures / Equal Justice Initiative The Legacy Museum’s “Slavery Evolved Wall”  Photo © Human Pictures / Equal Justice Initiative The Legacy Museum lobby Photo © Human Pictures / Equal Justice Initiative National-Memorial-Peace-Justice-Montgomery-Alabama-EJI-Lynching-10.jpg A display of jars of soil from the site of lynchings in the Legacy Museum. Photo © Human Pictures / Equal Justice Initiative More than 800 floating concrete columns will commemorate the dead and compel communities to remember the past.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11838 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11838-memorial-to-victims-of-lynching-planned-for-alabama A rendering of the memorial. Image courtesy EJI/MASS Design Group A rendering of the memorial. Image courtesy EJI/MASS Design Group A short-term-housing village in Malawi by MASS Design Group provides safety and comfort for expectant mothers.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11775 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11775-kasungu-maternity-waiting-village-by-mass-design-group Expectant mothers often arrive in the company of two or three “guardians”—female relatives who help care for the women while they wait. Photo © Iwan Baan Designed with this tradition in mind, the buildings’ extended awnings create sheltered exterior spaces to accommodate many more than just the 36 temporary residents. Photo © Iwan Baan Tapered columns and benches built into building exteriors serve as comfortable outdoor seating areas.  Photo © Iwan Baan Expectant mothers and their guardians cook in area just outside the perimeter of the waiting village. Photo © Iwan Baan Expectant mothers and their guardians cook in the communal kitchen. Photo © Iwan Baan Image courtesy MASS Design Group MASS Design group is used to working in remote places. Building schools or health centers where there were none and training local labor is practically written into its DNA.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11397 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11397-ilima-primary-school Ilima Primary School Many of the villagers had never seen such a large or complex structure before the school was built. Photo © Thatcher Bean, MASS Design Group Ilima Primary School MASS Design Group staked out two circles at the site and placed the curving arcs of the school where the circles meet. Many of the villagers had never seen such a large or complex structure before the school was built. Photo © Thatcher Bean, MASS Design Group Ilima Primary School Dried and plant-dyed vines were woven into screens for the Lifake doors and window frames. The frames are mounted to pivot hinges fabricated from bicycle-wheel hubs. Horizontal openings in the roof increase airflow and daylight into the classrooms and central corridor. Photo © Thatcher Bean, MASS Design Group Ilima Primary School Dried and plant-dyed vines were woven into screens for the Lifake doors and window frames. The frames are mounted to pivot hinges fabricated from bicycle-wheel hubs. Horizontal openings in the roof increase airflow and daylight into the classrooms and central corridor. Photo © Thatcher Bean, MASS Design Group Ilima Primary School All of the furniture for the classrooms was designed and built on-site by local carpenters. Photo © Thatcher Bean, MASS Design Group Ilima Primary School The architects decided to clad the roof in wood shingles—almost unheard of in the area—because villagers could learn how to repair and replace them. Photo © Thatcher Bean, MASS Design Group Ilima Primary School Workers built scaffolding during the construction process. Photo © Rachel Brose, MASS Design Group Ilima Primary School Ground-level plan Image courtesy MASS Design Group Ilima Primary School Longitudinal and cross sections Image courtesy MASS Design Group Ilima Primary School Dried and plant-dyed vines were woven into screens for the Lifake doors and window frames. The frames are mounted to pivot hinges fabricated from bicycle-wheel hubs. Photo © Rachel Brose, MASS Design Group Ilima Primary School The roof shingles prior to installation. Photo © Rachel Brose, MASS Design Group  Ilima Primary School The architects decided to clad the roof in wood shingles—almost unheard of in the area—because villagers could learn how to repair and replace them. Horizontal openings in the roof increase airflow and daylight into the classrooms and central corridor. Photo © Thatcher Bean, MASS Design Group  Ilima Primary School The roof structure. Photo © Thatcher Bean, MASS Design Group  Ilima Primary School The play area. Photo © Thatcher Bean, MASS Design Group  Lentzl@bnpmedia.com (Linda C. Lentz) 1506-gheskio-cholera-treatment-center-mass-design-group.asp Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7995-gheskio-cholera-treatment-center-by-mass-design-group GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center A perforated steel facade, inspired by the colors and metal craft of Haiti, transmits light day and night, while a landscaped courtyard serves as an entrance and patient waiting area.   Photo © Iwan Baan GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center Clerestory windows and large planters add a sense of well-being.   Photo © Iwan Baan GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center Ceiling fans, donated by Big Ass Solutions, bolster airflow, as do the colorful pierced facade and polycarbonate sliding doors and windows, which can be closed during windy rainstorms.   Photo © Iwan Baan GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center The CTC borders a landfill settlement inhabited by about 60,000 people.   Photo © Iwan Baan GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center The CTC borders a landfill settlement inhabited by about 60,000 people.   Photo © Iwan Baan GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center The site on the GHESKIO campus'once waterfront property'is adjacent to the City of God community, an informal settlement located on landfill built up over the past 50 years by debris that has swept down a ravine from the mountains.   Photo © Iwan Baan GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center The site on the GHESKIO campus'once waterfront property'is adjacent to the City of God community, an informal settlement located on landfill built up over the past 50 years by debris that has swept down a ravine from the mountains.   Photo © Iwan Baan GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center The site on the GHESKIO campus'once waterfront property'is adjacent to the City of God community, an informal settlement located on landfill built up over the past 50 years by debris that has swept down a ravine from the mountains.   Photo © Iwan Baan GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center The site on the GHESKIO campus'once waterfront property'is adjacent to the City of God community, an informal settlement located on landfill built up over the past 50 years by debris that has swept down a ravine from the mountains.   Photo © Iwan Baan GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center The site on the GHESKIO campus'once waterfront property'is adjacent to the City of God, an informal settlement located on landfill built up over the past 50 years by debris that has swept down a ravine from the mountains.   Photo © Iwan Baan GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center MASS Design Group worked with local contractors and craftsmen to fabricate the steel fa'ade.   Photo courtesy MASS Design Group GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center MASS Design Group worked with local contractors and craftsmen to fabricate the steel fa'ade.   Photo courtesy MASS Design Group GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center MASS Design Group worked with local contractors and craftsmen to fabricate the steel fa'ade.   Photo courtesy MASS Design Group GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center Built-in millwork and cabinetry throughout the facility was custom designed by MASS, then fabricated and installed by Atelier 83, a GHESKIO in-house vocational program that trains women from the community how to design and build furniture. The program also includes painting, sewing, pottery, and hospitality.   Photo courtesy MASS Design Group GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center Built-in millwork and cabinetry throughout the facility was custom designed by MASS, then fabricated and installed by Atelier 83, a GHESKIO in-house vocational program that trains women from the community how to design and build furniture. The program also includes painting, sewing, pottery, and hospitality.   Photo courtesy MASS Design Group GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center Lying on special beds designed by MASS in collaboration with Herman Miller, the patients are positioned so that they have views of either the outdoors through the punched fa'ade or toward a central interior garden.   Photo courtesy MASS Design Group GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center Lying on special beds designed by MASS in collaboration with Herman Miller, the patients are positioned so that they have views of either the outdoors through the punched fa'ade or toward a central interior garden.   Photo courtesy MASS Design Group GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center Lying on special beds designed by MASS in collaboration with Herman Miller, the patients are positioned so that they have views of either the outdoors through the punched fa'ade or toward a central interior garden.   Photo courtesy MASS Design Group GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center MASS Design Group collaborated with Herman Miller to develop special chairs and cots for patients with acute diarrheal diseases such as cholera. In this photo MASS Design Group's Karen Conway consults with Roger Call, Herman Miller's director of healthcare architecture and design.   Photo courtesy MASS Design Group Before 2007, people living in the rural Burera district of northern Rwanda had little access to a health-care facility or doctors.

]]> 1303-butaro-doctors-housing-mass-design-group.asp Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:30:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7919-butaro-doctors-housing Some walls have a layer of local volcanic stone, which increases their thermal mass. The 14 Rwandans trained as masons by MASS used chalk to draw the outline of the stones already in place on the stone they were about to set. Poured-in-place-concrete portals express the dwellings’ structure.   Photo © Iwan Baan Some walls have a layer of local volcanic stone, which increases their thermal mass. The 14 Rwandans trained as masons by MASS used chalk to draw the outline of the stones already in place on the stone they were about to set. Then they used hammers and chisels to give it the required outline, minimizing the need for visible mortar.   Photo © Iwan Baan Each house has its own courtyard gardens; these are important spaces for Rwandans to gather with friends and family.   Photo © Iwan Baan Rather than excavating, the architects stepped the houses down a hill to have a light touch on the topography. Visitors enter the site from the south.   Photo © Iwan Baan MASS recruited local artisans to fabricate the custom interior furnishings on-site; reclaimed-metal light fixtures, woven papyrus chairs, and cypress and pine tables and desks can be found in each house.   Photo © Iwan Baan MASS recruited local artisans to fabricate the custom interior furnishings on-site; reclaimed-metal light fixtures, woven papyrus chairs, and cypress and pine tables and desks can be found in each house.   Photo © Iwan Baan MASS recruited local artisans to fabricate the custom interior furnishings on-site; reclaimed-metal light fixtures, woven papyrus chairs, and cypress and pine tables and desks can be found in each house.   Photo © Iwan Baan Butaro Hospital   Photo © Iwan Baan Butaro Hospital   Photo © Iwan Baan Butaro Hospital   Photo © Iwan Baan Butaro Hospital   Photo © Iwan Baan Butaro Hospital   Photo © Iwan Baan Butaro Hospital   Photo © Iwan Baan 1. Site Entry 2. Garden 3. Bedroom 4. Kitchen 5. Living Room   Photo © Michelle Benoit 1. Site Entry 2. Garden 3. Bedroom 4. Kitchen 5. Living Room   Photo © Michelle Benoit 1. Site Entry 2. Garden 3. Bedroom 4. Kitchen 5. Living Room   Photo © Michelle Benoit Image courtesy MASS Design Group In addition to designing the Girubuntu school, MASS Design Group founders Michael Murphy and Alan Ricks helped select its site, get approvals, and build the organizational infrastructure to support it.

]]> girubuntu-primary-school.asp Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:30:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/6457-girubuntu-primary-school The school serves a mixed-income group of students, about one-third of whom do not pay tuition. It was designed to help teachers move away from the old 'chalk-and-talk' model of education and use more integrated lesson plans, says Murphy.   Photo © Iwan Baan Photo © Iwan Baan Photo © Iwan Baan Photo © Iwan Baan Photo © Iwan Baan Photo © Iwan Baan 1112-butaro-hospital.asp Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/6449-butaro-hospital-by-mass-design-group Perched on a hilltop, the campus overlooks a verdant valley in northern Rwanda. Outdoor walkways and landscaped courtyards capitalize on the region's temperate climate and beautiful scenery.   Photo © Iwan Baan Several walls are clad in volcanic rock found in the region. Masons were trained to create the walls using little mortar, so as not to mask the rock's inherent beauty.   Photo © Iwan Baan Ventilation tactics include operable windows and large fans, with germicidal lighting further sanitizing the air. The hospital has no HVAC system.   Photo © Iwan Baan To engender community investment and boost the local economy, the team hired and trained nearly 3,900 area residents to build the hospital.   Photo © Iwan Baan SECTION 1 Exterior Circulation 2 Cross-Ventilation 3 Vents 4 Industrial Fans 5 Ultraviolet Germicidal Lights   Photo © Iwan Baan SECTION 1 Exterior Circulation 2 Cross-Ventilation 3 Vents 4 Industrial Fans 5 Ultraviolet Germicidal Lights   Image courtesy MASS Design Group FIRST FLOOR PLAN 1 Intensive Care Unit 2 Postoperative Ward 3 Operating Room 4 Check In 5 Neonatal ICU 6 Delivery 7 Pre-Delivery 8 Pediatric Ward 9 Post-Delivery Ward 10 Men's Ward 11 Laundry PREVAILING WINDS: WINTER NE SUMMER SE   Image courtesy MASS Design Group SECOND FLOOR PLAN 1 Ambulatory 2 Pharmacy 3 Lab 4 Pediatrics Ward 5 Conference Room 6 Staff Training 7 Women's Ward   Image courtesy MASS Design Group