Lemay launches Care + Design initiative
Care+Design is a new transdisciplinary initiative launched by architecture and design firm Lemay. Created to connect architects with healthcare professionals,…
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Bangladesh hospital wins RIBA International Prize
The RIBA has announced the winner of the world’s best new building. The Friendship Hospital in Bangladesh designed by Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA will be awarded…
In Memoriam: Eb Zeidler, 1926-2022
As the new year begins, the Canadian architecture community is saddened to mark the passing of architect Eberhard (Eb) Heinrich Zeidler. Born in…
The World Health Organization issues guidance on ventilation
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially issued guidance on indoor ventilation in a document entitled Roadmap to improve and ensure good indoor…
Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex, Ryerson University, Toronto
Connecting students to the vibrancy of Toronto’s downtown core while bringing together educational and residential functions, Ryerson University’s 28-storey…
B+H Architects to design Shenzhen Children’s Hospital and Science and Education…
B+H Architects has been selected as the winner of an international competition to design the new Shenzhen Children’s Hospital and Science and Education…
Pandemic effect: Hospital design
TEXT Michel Broz, Partner, Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes
Planning new hospital facilities is a long-term process, sometimes spanning more than a decade.…
Pandemic effect: Team structure
TEXT Jason-Emery Groen, Design Director, HDR
What can COVID-19 teach architecture firms about the optimal structure of design teams? The pandemic swiftly…
Citizen Care Pod Corporation introduces a New COVID-19 Smart Screening and Testing…
A multi-disciplinary team led by Citizen Care Pod Corporation, in collaboration with WZMH Architects, PCL Construction, Insight Enterprises and Microsoft, has…
Copper is great at killing superbugs – so why don’t hospitals use it?
Stainless steel is the metal of choice in hospitals.
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Fantasilandia in Chile, one of Latin America’s largest theme parks, has replaced its most…
Editorial: Building Capacity
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a few construction sites in Canada are ramping up: those that expand the capacity of the healthcare system.
The…
Farrow Partners develops Grip Timber CLT blocks for quick-assembly ICU wards
Canadian-based Nucap Industries and Farrow Partners has developed a state-of-the-art CLT building block that can be rapidly assembled into temporary…
WZMH’s Response to COVID-19: Portable Virus Testing Centres
Since early April, WZMH Architects has been working alongside Quasar Consulting Group, Loring Consulting Engineers Inc., Stephenson Engineering Ltd, PCL…
Pandemic preparedness: How hospitals can adapt buildings to address worst-case…
I spend much of my life thinking about hospital design. And these days, with the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), I’m sure many people around the world…
Urgent call for 3D-printed PPE
Are you an architect, researcher, or firm with access to a 3D printer?
Michael Garron hospital is calling on the 3D printing community to create visor frames…
It’s not if, but when: Designing healthcare spaces that support pandemic response
What can we learn from Singapore’s response to COVID-19? How does it impact the next generation of hospitals?