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News • News • 7 Nov 2024
Midland Metropolitan University Hospital sets new standard for clinical healthcare design
Architectural studios HKS, Cagni Williams, and Sonnemann Toon have completed the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a new state-of-the-art acute hospital in Sandwell, West Midlands, England. A project for Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, MMUH is part of the “New Hospital Programme” in England, an initiative aimed at building and upgrading hospitals across the country. Described as “one of the most advanced hospitals in Europe,” MMUH sets a new standard for clinical healthcare design. The project also acts as a community regeneration catalyst in an area with high levels of deprivation — it is part of a “designated regeneration zone” between the city of Birmingham and Sandwe... More
News • News • 6 Nov 2023
A botanical sanctuary for the 21st century comes to Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park
In Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park, The Leaf is a new botanical sanctuary for the 21st century designed by KPMB Architects in collaboration with Architecture59, Blackwell Structural Engineers, and HTFC Planning & Design. The ambitious project aims to promote a greater appreciation and understanding of the botanical world while celebrating Canada’s cultural diversity by playing a role in how communities perceive, interact with, and understand nature and sustainability. The project is particularly notable for a spectacular translucent roof made of resilient, lightweight ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE).
Ema Peter
The Leaf houses four biomes with over 400 unique plant species alongside amenities such as a restaurant an... More
News • News • 20 Aug 2021
Foster + Partners complete the future-minded Edmond and Lily Safra Centre for Brain Sciences
Featuring a perforated aluminium screen façade with a pattern derived from neurological brain structure, Foster + Partners has unveiled the Edmond and Lily Safra Centre for Brain Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A future-minded research facility for the scientific exploration of the brain, the building has been carefully situated in the naturally rugged centre of the campus and marks a gateway to the university.
Studio Harel Gilboa
The building is arranged as two parallel wings around a central courtyard. The ground floor hosts teaching facilities, a 200-seat auditorium, a library, a café, and a publicly accessible gallery for the display of art related to the brain. The upper levels accomodate twent... More