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Stanton Williams puts work of rare-disease centre on show

November 9, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Zayed Centre by Stanton Williams

The Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children in London by Stanton Williams features corners and corridors that give a window onto its laboratories. Stanton Williams used glazing to give patients and the public a chance to celebrate the little-seen work of clinicians and researchers. The Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease

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Nike paints Los Angeles running track in pride flag colours

November 1, 2019 Kristine Klein 0
Nike BETRUE Track

Running lanes of a refurbished track at Los Angeles City College are each painted a colour of the rainbow pride flag to advocate for the equality and inclusivity of LGBT+ athletes. Nike unveiled the track on National Coming Out Day on 11 October as part of their Be True campaign. The running field is dedicated

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Natural light fills courtyard of Foster + Partners’ Samson Pavilion in Cleveland

October 29, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0

Glazed walls, a large metal roof and a vast central atrium feature in an academic building designed by architecture firm Foster + Partners for an emerging medical campus in Ohio. The Sheila and Eric Samson Pavilion is located just beyond downtown Cleveland. Encompassing 478,000 square feet (44,408 square metres), the educational facility brings medical, dental

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South Korean clinic designed to promote “bond of sympathy” between patients

October 15, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Aeichi Korean Medical Clinic By Seog Be Seog

Seoul studio By Seog Be Seog uses a palette of warm materials and soothing colours to create a feeling of familiarity within the Aeichi Korean Medical Clinic in South Korea. Jun-woong Seog, founder of design studio By Seog Be Seog, wanted to create an interior where patients could feel relaxed and able to talk openly about

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Cameron Clarke proposes introducing mental health facilities to Beijing’s hutongs

September 4, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Close to Home mental health facilities by KADK graduate Cameron Clarke

Cameron Clarke has proposed integrating a series of community healthcare facilities into Beijing’s hutongs to help alleviate China’s mental health crisis. The proposal, named Close to Home, is designed by Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (KADK) graduate Clarke to offer an alternative to the country’s typical mental health clinics that he describes as “large,

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Daniel Libeskind unveils design for Maggie’s Centre in London’s Hampstead

July 18, 2019 India Block 0
Maggie's Centre Hampstead by Daniel Libeskind

Daniel Libeskind is the latest architect to design a Maggie’s cancer care centre, releasing visuals of building covered in angled timber louvres that is set to be built in London. The Maggie’s Centre will be located by the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, north London. Prefabricated wooden louvres will form the facade, angled to provide sun shading

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Lemay Michaud designs minimal Strøm Nordic Spa in Quebec City

July 11, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Strom Nordic Spa Old Quebec by LemayMichaud

Visitors to this spa in Quebec, which was designed by Canadian firm Lemay Michaud, can enjoy views of the Saint Lawrence River from its pools, waterfalls, hot tubs and sauna. The local architecture studio designed Strøm Nordic Spa, or Strøm Spa Nordique, to reference the hues of Quebec’s rugged landscape, which undergoes extreme freezes during

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Foster + Partners reveals New York City boathouse featuring zig-zag roof

June 26, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Row New York by Foster and Partners

Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to build a timber boathouse on Manhattan’s Harlem River for a non-profit that teaches local teens to row. The British firm designed the boathouse for Row New York on a plot on the banks of the Harlem River, located in the uppermost tip of Manhattan. “This timber boathouse will fit

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EMBT and Patricia Urquiola complete Maggie’s Barcelona at Sant Pau Hospital

May 15, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Kálida Sant Pau Centre by EMBT and Patricia Urqiuola in Barcelona, Spain

EMBT has completed a Maggie’s Centre for cancer care at an art nouveau-hospital in Barcelona, with interiors designed by Patricia Urquiola. Located in the grounds of the Sant Pau Hospital, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Spain, the Kálida Sant Pau Centre is the first building created by the Maggie’s Centres charity in mainland Europe. It is distinguished

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Ridged roofline at Maggie’s Cardiff recalls outline of Welsh mountains

May 12, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0
Maggie's Centre Cardiff by Dow Jones Architects

London studio Dow Jones Architects has completed a temporary Maggie’s Centre for cancer care in Cardiff with a series of angular roofs clad entirely in weathering steel. Dow Jones Architects designed the temporary building for the Maggie’s charity, which provides free practical, social and emotional help to anyone affected by cancer, after a previous plan for a permanent building

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