Hospitals

PODCAST

A shot in the arm: How COVID-19 transformed telehealth and hospital design

What does the shift to telehealth what mean for the way new hospitals are designed or existing hospitals are reconfigured? We examine the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rethink the way healthcare is offered.

Conversations

Digital health on fast forward

Covid-19 has accelerated the uptake of a variety of virtual care services, including the telehealth phone call between patient and practitioner.

TOPICS

Design for mental health

A therapeutic environment is not only a physical space, but a psychological, social and cultural one. Designers play a positive role in healthcare by creating safe environments for wellness and healing that maximise the restorative powers of nature and place.

RESEARCH

Places with purpose

The word ​‘innovation’ is all-too-familiar to us these days, but how much do we know about the physical environments that make it happen?

CONVERSATION

Would you work there?

Why hospitals need to be designed for staff as well as patients.

project

Herston Quarter

The award-winning Herston Quarter combines healthcare, education, housing, retail and community spaces in one multi-connected place.

project

Fiona Stanley Hospital

The design for this hospital feels anything but institutional. Instead, green vistas, sculpture and sunshine are a healthy part of the plan.

project

Centre for Children’s Health Research

We designed this state-of-the-art centre to inspire university and hospital research teams and advance their work tackling some of the biggest challenges in children’s health.

Research

Emergency talks: designing emergency departments to maximise staff communication

Design that saves lives!

Research

Design matters for nurses

Stressed and burnt out, young nurses are leaving the profession early.