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Why Are Hospitals So Hostile?

The 1998 ESA McIntosh Lecture: Why are Hospitals so Hostile?
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
An architect’s commitment to the patients ambience
Niels Torp, Niels Torp Architects for RIT 2000 hospital in Trondheim, Norway
An Architects for Health Event – 1 April 1998

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