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Decoding Modern Hospitals: An Architectural History
Author(s) -
Adams Annmarie
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2148
Subject(s) - architecture , sustainability , focus (optics) , world war ii , health care , sociology , architectural engineering , history , law , engineering , political science , archaeology , ecology , physics , optics , biology
The various currents in post‐Second World War hospital architecture have shared one central aim: to ‘normalise’ the healthcare environment. Rather than looking obviously like hospitals, these buildings have gone from resembling office blocks, to shopping malls, to techno‐utopias, to zoned campuses with a distinct local feel and a focus on sustainability. Professor Annmarie Adams , of Montreal's McGill University, refers to examples across North America and Europe to illustrate the different ways architects have found of putting the patient experience at the heart of their hospital design strategy.