Mornington Centre in Melbourne, Australia

Located in Melbourne, Australia, Mornington Centre was designed by Lyons. This new building provides extended residential accommodation for older people who require specialist geriatric evaluation, rehabilitation and nursing care. The building contests the conventional paradigm of a nursing home. Through its spatial arrangements and normalising environment it shifts from a medico-centric care model... 

Tags: Aging, Australia, Caregiver, Family, Geriatrics, healthcare, Human development, Medicine, Melbourne, Mornington Centre, Nursing, Old age

The Waldron Health Centre – Lewisham in London, United Kingdom

The Waldron Health Center – Lewisham designed by Buschow Henley is located in the South London Borough of Lewisham next to a suburban train station. The Centre was commissioned by the NHS using private finance (LIFT). The Waldron comprises healthcare (four GP practices, ante / post-natal care, community dentistry, sexual health and a flexible suite), fourteen apartments and four retail units.... 

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Hexham Hospital in Hexham, United Kingdom

Hexham Hospital that located in Hexham, United Kingdom, was designed by Jonathan Bailey. Hexham General Hospital was Britain’s first major National Health Service (NHS) facility to change the paradigm and level of expectation in healthcare design. Completed in May 2008, the 80,000sf extension includes integrated primary care, education and chronic diseases treatment centres. The new building is designed... 

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Martini Hospital in Groningen, Netherlands

Located in Groningen, Netherlands, Martini Hospital was designed by Burger Grunstra architecten adviseurs. The client’s brief for the Martini Hospital in Groningen was tested on a number of important frequently arising departments such as a nursing ward and an outpatient clinic. This study resulted in the ideal dimensions for a uniform building block of 60m by 16m with an area of a 1.000 m². This... 

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King’s Mill Acute Hospital in Mansfield, United Kingdom

Designed by Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, King’s Mill Acute Hospital is located in Mansfield, United Kingdom. SHCA have fused clinical design and new models of healthcare with architectural design to produce this £320m Central Nottinghamshire PFI hospitals scheme. Work includes an extensive re-development of the existing facility to create a single unified hospital comprising of 28 new wards... 

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