In the 1850s, London’s Soho neighborhood was a thick layer cake of tenements separated only by narrow footpaths, a prime breeding ground, it turned out, for the 1854 cholera outbreak. One young London ...
As China races to contain the Wuhan coronavirus, a feat of design and engineering has unfolded at the outbreak’s epicenter: A hospital built in just 10 days. The two-story, 366,000-square-foot ...
Soldiers assigned to the 531st Hospital Center build shelving at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, where a temporary medical station has been constructed to aid efforts combating the ...
During a crisis, hospitals are a place of refuge. When confronted with an extreme event, whether anticipated or unexpected, hospital administrators are challenged to maintain seamless operation of ...
The growth and potential benefits within the connected world require buildings and places that can adapt and accommodate to ever-changing technology. It requires designers to find innovative ways to ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a principal and lead medical planner with NBBJ. It goes without saying that throughout the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare ...
The community is invited to have their say on the new $2 billion hospital building, designed by Architectus and Billard Leece ...
Prologue : Consider the hospital -- Introduction : The rise and fall of Prentice Women's Hospital -- Typologies : A taxonomy of type -- Chapter 1. Charity and control : the birth of the hospital -- ...
Cowichan District Hospital designed by ZGF and Parkin Architects leverages evidence-based design to foreground Indigenous people’s healthcare needs. (Courtesy ZGF/Parkin Architects) Upon completion, ...
As COVID-19 cases surged in March and April, New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital rapidly transitioned its care spaces to COVID-19 wards in an effort to stave off the virus and protect frontline ...
Hospital Building Teams are giving increasing attention to patient safety, and with good reason: The Institute of Medicine reports that as many as 1 out of 27 patients admitted into a hospital is ...
In the United States, one third of babies are born by cesarean delivery; but up to 45% of these surgeries may not medically indicated. The rates of cesarean delivery vary dramatically from hospital to ...