Archinect - News2013-05-21T18:46:20-04:00http://archinect.com/news/article/52553640/last-word-lost-in-limbo
Last Word: Lost in Limbo Archinect2012-06-27T18:56:00-04:00>2012-06-30T19:40:05-04:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/16/16ebcad828ef2ad7b7f0d510565c2029.jpg" width="514" height="521" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>Mark Dery, reflecting on his recent life as a self-described ‘career patient’, implores hospital architects to collaborate with interior designers, psychologists and neuroscientists in order to eradicate forever the pain of ‘medical incarceration’.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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http://archinect.com/news/article/48461606/new-health-center-will-invigorate-one-of-atlanta-s-toughest-neighborhoods
New Health Center will invigorate one of Atlanta's toughest neighborhoods. Betsy2012-05-14T17:53:00-04:00>2012-05-15T23:40:57-04:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/g0/g058p2vwt65thc99.jpg" width="514" height="364" border="0" title="" alt="" /><p>
This 34,000-square-foot regional health facility located in an under-served neighborhood in southwest Atlanta combines under one roof a primary care clinic, a behavioral health clinic, childcare facilities, a dental clinic and a workforce community center. In doing so, it projects a holistic idea of wellness and a positive self-image for a challenged community. The building is also meant as a catalyst for future growth in the area.</p>
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The intention was to create a structure that feels vibrant and alive. The roof was conceived as a dynamic, protective element, a metaphoric blanket, opening upward to welcome in the public. A standing-seam “clamp” folds over the roof to house mechanical equipment, identify major entries and serve as a beacon. Inside, a decentralized, double-height circulation lobby further integrates all the programmatic components.</p>
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The notion of co-locating all these functions in a single facility to serve people of varied backgrounds led to consideration of the co...</p>http://archinect.com/news/article/27127905/architecture-offers-new-prescriptions-for-building-health
Architecture offers new prescriptions for building health Archinect2011-11-11T18:56:18-05:00>2011-11-11T18:58:37-05:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/ck/ck5426qd6v6srass.jpg" width="514" height="363" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>... the enthusiasm in Cape Town for architecture that excites and enlightens people about health is especially rewarding. “We've never seen anything like this anywhere,” Farrow says, about the notion of wellness being trumpeted so loudly through architecture.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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http://archinect.com/news/article/3563830/henning-larsen-architects-healing-architecture-wins-in-herlev-denmark
Henning Larsen Architects’ Healing Architecture Wins in Herlev, Denmark Alexander Walter2011-04-20T13:28:00-04:00>2012-10-11T17:55:20-04:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/tr/trgkivg81q5mz7wy.jpg" width="514" height="228" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>Danish practice Henning Larsen Architects and the consortium consisting of the architecture companies Friis & Moltke and Brunsgaard & Laursen, the engineering companies NNE Pharmaplan and Orbicon Leif Hansen, the consulting company Norconsult and landscape architects SLA have won the competition for the extension of Herlev Hospital, just outside of Copenhagen.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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