Events
2010 Annual Reform Club Debate
Annual Reform Club Debate: “The inevitable cuts to the NHS budget, whichever party takes power, will destroy the work of the last ten years and not bring about the radical and patient centred reforms which UK healthcare requires” Held on Tuesday 20 April 2010 at The Reform Club, 104 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5EW. Chair: to... »
Sustainability and Hospitals
An Architects for Health Event held on Thursday 19 June 2008 at The Building Centre, London This half-day seminar assessed the implications of the imminent introduction, by the Government, of new sustainability requirements for all buildings. What will this mean for Hospitals? How should we respond? Expert sustainability advisors explained these changes and an introduction... »
Design for the Older Adult in the Acute Sector
An Architects for Health Event held on Thursday 17 April 2008 at The Kings Fund, London The purpose of the presentation/debate was to explore the issues and problems associated with the treatment and care of older people in an environment designed and operated with a younger population in mind. There where four presentations with differing views... »
2008 Reform Club Debate
The Reform Club, 104-105 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5EW 28 February 2008 – 6.00pm for 6.30pm start “This House believes that better architecture will result when architects reclaim their position as leaders of the Design Team, and lead the integration of engineering into the building design process.” Review of Event by Peter Scher CHAIR: Chris Gilmour, of HBG... »
Doctors and Architects: Who needs the medicine? and AGM
Presented by Architects for Health on Thursday 29 November 2007 at the RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London. Both professions share lengthy formal courses of qualification – both are populated by dedicated and hardworking individuals, who work long hours for uncertain reward. Both professions come under fire for failing to live up to the challenges of... »
AfH at Harrogate Exhibition
Exhibition Stand16 and 17 October 2007 »
Study Tour Presentation
Presenation at The Building Design Partnership 20 September 2007 A presentation on the Switzerland Study Tour that AfH organised in July 2007. Five buildings were visited: REHAB Basel, a centre for paraplegia and craniocerebral injury trauma patients; University Hospital of Basel; CasaVita Kannenfeld, a Nursing Home in Basel; INO – University Hospital in Berne; and... »
Student Health Design Awards and Exhibition
The RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) in London. »
Switzerland 3-day Study Tour
Five visits where arranged: Rehabilitation Clinic, Basle; University Hospital, Basle; Nursing Home, Kannenfeld; INO University Hospital, Berne; and Women’s Hospital, Berne. The visit was arranged through the co-operation of Karin Imoberdorf of Itten + Brechbuhl AG and was led for AfH by Claudia Bloom. 11 to 13 July 2007 »
Design and Health Congress Glasgow
Architects for Health where invited to exhibit at the Design and Health Congress in Glasgow. 27 to 30 June 2007 »
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AfH 2010 Student Healthcare Design Competition
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