The waiting is over, The Building Better Healthcare Awards 2008 have now been announced! Now in it’s 10th year, the The Building Better Healthcare Awards once again spotlighted world-class architecture, design, facilities and estates management. The Awards are open to building, improvement and design projects which demonstrate all-round excellence, the BBH Awards celebrate the achievements... »

Chi-Hang Chim, who is studying at The Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, was awarded Second Prize in the Architects for Health’s Student Health Design Award (2008) for the following submission. For contact please email: info@chihangchim.com DAYDREAMING DURING A NIGHTMARE an oncology centre of tomorrow The continually growing group of cancer-patients in the Netherlands is... »

Elaine Neish, who is studying at The University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, was awarded First Prize in the Architects for Health’s Student Health Design Award (2008) for the following submission. For contact please email: E.Neish@dunwoodie-architectureanddesign.co.uk Children’s Speech and Language Clinic, with educational and research facilities, Forth Street Newcastle Upon Tyne 1.0 LINE OF ENQUIRY Erving Goffman’s Stigma:... »

The Architects for Health Second Student Health Design Award, in association with Brookfield, was presented at The RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) in London on Friday 15 August 2008. All short-listed student’s submissions were exhibited at the event. WINNER: Elaine Neish, from UK, of University of Newcastle Upon Tyne Children’s Speech and Language Clinic SECOND PRIZE: Chi-Hang Chim,... »

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... »

Sad News – Ross McTaggart died of cancer in Dorset Hospital on 21st May, 2008. Ross was one of the group which constituted the Department of Health’s Hospitals Division until it was disbanded. He clearly understood the void that this had created in the health sector. In recognition of this he supported Ray Moss... »

This survey is part of a PhD research on hospital design with particular reference to hospital ward design criteria at the School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. The aims of this survey are: to gain insight into professionals’ priorities of ward design criteria which may help policy makers to develop hospital... »