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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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Photos reveal new children’s hospital by Renzo Piano under construction in Uganda

April 5, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Milan Design Week: Emergency's Centre of Excellence in Paediatric Surgery by Renzo Piano BUilding Workshop

Italian architect Renzo Piano is building a major new health facility, the Centre of Excellence in Paediatric Surgery, in Uganda. Renzo Piano Building Workshop has unveiled photographs of the new children’s hospital, which is currently under construction in Entebbe, on the banks of Lake Victoria. The project, set to be the studio’s first in Africa, is

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White Arkitekter develops maternity unit concept for hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo

February 21, 2019 India Block 0
Panzi Hospital mother and baby unit concept by White Arkitekter

White Arkitekter has created a concept for a new mother and baby health unit at the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Swedish architecture studio has designed the maternity unit as an extension to the Panzi Hospital, which was founded in 1999 by Denis Mukwege – recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

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Earthy and homey details feature in New York clinic Parsley Health by Alda Ly

February 12, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0
Parsley Health by Alda Ly

White-wash walls and greenery are intended to create a relaxing atmosphere at this doctor’s office and clinic in New York, designed by Alda Ly Architecture for a startup company that takes an alternative approach to healthcare. The Parsley Health NYC Flagship Center is located inside a 115-year-old tower in Manhattan’s Union Square neighbourhood. Measuring 5,500 square

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Ater Architects creates a friendly interior for a children’s clinic in Kiev

January 15, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Interiors of Doctor U clinic designed by Ater Architects

Bright colours and simple geometric forms feature in this children’s outpatient clinic in Kiev by local practice Ater Architects. Called Doctor U, the two-room 38 square metre facility is located in a new residential complex in the city. Ater Architects set out to create a friendly environment for young visitors that would turn a trip

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Snøhetta completes wooden Outdoor Care Retreats at two Norwegian hospitals

January 9, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Outdoor Care Retreats by Snøhetta in Norway

Two matching elevated cabins have been nestled into a woodland by Snøhetta, to improve the treatment of patients at two of Norway’s largest hospitals by immersing them in nature. Commissioned by Friluftssykehuset Foundation, the Outdoor Care Retreats offer “physical and psychological respite” for patients, and are designed by Snøhetta to contrast with the two hospitals. The first cabin is situated

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