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Beschreibung
Redefining healthcare design: cutting-edge contemporary hospital architecture for the future of healing and recovery.

Recent years have vividly demonstrated the vital role of hospitals and healthcare buildings. The COVID-19 pandemic, in particular, has reshaped the demands placed on these facilities worldwide, highlighting the importance of forward-thinking design to better prepare for crises. This volume presents outstanding contemporary hospital projects and explores the innovative concepts that have been developed and implemented to make healthcare facilities more resilient, efficient, and welcoming for patients, doctors, and nursing staff.

Today, adapting architecture to the specific needs of all those involved is more crucial than ever. Solutions such as modular structures, designated infection control areas, and flexible care units are the key to meeting these evolving demands. Additionally, the book examines how thoughtfully designed waiting areas, patient rooms, and treatment spaces can enhance patient well-being while simultaneously improving the safety and working environments of medical staff. Despite their diversity, all the new constructions and conversions featured in this book share a commitment to high-quality design that puts people and their needs at the center.
Redefining healthcare design: cutting-edge contemporary hospital architecture for the future of healing and recovery.

Recent years have vividly demonstrated the vital role of hospitals and healthcare buildings. The COVID-19 pandemic, in particular, has reshaped the demands placed on these facilities worldwide, highlighting the importance of forward-thinking design to better prepare for crises. This volume presents outstanding contemporary hospital projects and explores the innovative concepts that have been developed and implemented to make healthcare facilities more resilient, efficient, and welcoming for patients, doctors, and nursing staff.

Today, adapting architecture to the specific needs of all those involved is more crucial than ever. Solutions such as modular structures, designated infection control areas, and flexible care units are the key to meeting these evolving demands. Additionally, the book examines how thoughtfully designed waiting areas, patient rooms, and treatment spaces can enhance patient well-being while simultaneously improving the safety and working environments of medical staff. Despite their diversity, all the new constructions and conversions featured in this book share a commitment to high-quality design that puts people and their needs at the center.
Über den Autor
The core topic for Chris van Uffelen is the transfer of knowledge about design in all its manifestations. For more than twenty years the Dutch-German art historian has been publishing books as well as countless essays and articels on art, architecture, interior design and urban planning from antiquity to the present.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Aus dem Inhalt:
Longhua Campus Children's Hospital in Shenzhen, China (Nickl & Partner)
Universitäts-Kinderspital in Zürich, Schweiz (Herzog & de Meuron)
City of Hope Orange County Cancer Specialty Hospital in Orvine, CA, USA (HOK)
New Maternity Hospital in Kuwait-City, Kuwait (Studio Altieri)
Phoenix Care Center in Dublin, Irland (Moloney O'Beirne Architects)
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Architektur
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: 352 S.
ISBN-13: 9783037683118
ISBN-10: 3037683112
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Uffelen, Chris van
Hersteller: Braun Publishing AG
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Bookwise GmbH, Zeppelinstr. 67, D-81669 München, info@bookwise.de
Abbildungen: Abbildungen
Maße: 299 x 232 x 37 mm
Von/Mit: Chris van Uffelen
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.09.2026
Gewicht: 1,937 kg
Artikel-ID: 135978929

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