2024-04-27T03:04:07-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/148270911/turning-the-ugliest-building-in-liverpool-into-an-exemplar-of-public-health Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-02-16T13:20:00-05:00 >2016-02-27T23:06:10-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/mj/mj6x5ciuy2sl1ir6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>work has finally started on an ambitious &pound;335m redevelopment of Merseyside&rsquo;s largest hospital. And the ambition is not simply to tackle a building that has outstayed its usefulness; it is to make the whole city healthier and wealthier too. [...] In place of the current &ldquo;American suburban&rdquo; model of a huge building and surrounding parking, it will return to a &ldquo;European&rdquo; model of a cluster of buildings with public spaces in between them [...] &ldquo;The centre will feel like a public square.</p></em><br /><br /><p>More renovations from the healthcare sector:</p><ul><li><a title="Perkins+Will selected to design Northwestern University Research Building on old Prentice site" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/88755843/perkins-will-selected-to-design-northwestern-university-research-building-on-old-prentice-site" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Perkins+Will selected to design Northwestern University Research Building on old Prentice site</a></li><li><a title='Sick people in Scandinavia can check into these "patient hotels" as hospital alternatives' href="http://archinect.com/news/article/141016474/sick-people-in-scandinavia-can-check-into-these-patient-hotels-as-hospital-alternatives" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sick people in Scandinavia can check into these "patient hotels" as hospital alternatives</a></li><li><a title="Construction kicks off for Steven Holl-designed Maggie's Centre Barts in London" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/129348666/construction-kicks-off-for-steven-holl-designed-maggie-s-centre-barts-in-london" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Construction kicks off for Steven Holl-designed Maggie's Centre Barts in London</a></li><li><a title="Last Word: Lost in Limbo" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/52553640/last-word-lost-in-limbo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Last Word: Lost in Limbo</a></li><li><a title="Architecture offers new prescriptions for building health" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/27127905/architecture-offers-new-prescriptions-for-building-health" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Architecture offers new prescriptions for building health</a></li></ul>