Architecture of Safety, Evidence-Based Design

Architecture of Safety, Evidence-Based Design

Architecture of safety – updating hospital design for safety and quality: hospital designs have started to be improved, with the purpose in mind to increase safety and quality levels.

CUF Descobertas Hospital Lisbon

CUF Descobertas Hospital in Lisbon

Designed by IDOM, CUF Descobertas Hospital is property of Portugal’s main private healthcare group – Jose de Mello Saude – and it works exclusively as an out-patient’s clinic

Machala Hospital in El Oro province

Machala Hospital in El Oro Province Ecuador

PMMT architecture studio, has developed “fluid hospital”, this is a new typological model built for the first time in the coastal city of Machala in El Oro province, Ecuador.

Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital Israel

Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital in Israel

Designed by Davide Macullo Architects The ‘hospital of flowers’ reflects the original shared desire of the team to create an environment even before creating a building. The first and lasting impression of the hospital is one of a landscape in bloom.

Moorfields Eye Hospital Old Street Building

Moorfields Eye Hospital building facade

Penoyre & Prasad and White Arkitekter win architecture contest to design a major new joint eye care, research and education facility for Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology at St Pancras Hospital in Camden, London.

Haraldsplass Hospital Building Bergen

Haraldsplass Hospital Building in Bergen

Haraldsplass Hospital Building in Bergen design by C.F. Møller Architects, new ward building for West Norwegian Healthcare building built in 1939, replaces the traditional hospital corridors by open common areas and efficient logistics.

Rathview Mental Health Facility, Omagh building

Rathview Mental Health Facility, Omagh building

Rathview Mental Health Facility, Omagh building design by TODD Architects – hard to know it is a healthcare building: its height, whitewashed walls, slate clad appearance and rural setting combine to give it a homely domestic feel.

St David’s Hospice New In-Patient Unit, Newport

St David's Hospice, New In-Patient Unit, Newport

St David’s Hospice, New In-Patient Unit, Newport, design by KKE Architects the 15-bed, in-patient hospice is a development of the original 2013 Day Hospice, itself a shortlisted project. The new building owes much of its special quality to unusually insightful clients.

The Francis Crick Institute London building

The Francis Crick Institute London building

Design: HOK / PLP architecture – new photos. The Francis Crick Institute, which opened last year in central London as one of Europe’s largest biomedical and translational research centres, has been named R&D Magazine’s 2017 Laboratory of the Year.

Samitivej Wellness and Life Centre in Bangkok

Samitivej Wellness and Life Centre

dwp’s inspiration for a healing environment in the Wellness and Life Centre was nature. Shades of fresh green from olive to pistachio, whites and warm brown wood are nuanced throughout the facility.