Hospital Design - The difficult work of institution-building
The University Hospital,
currently under construction, will be the centerpiece of an
integrated medical campus in Dubai Healthcare City. Partners
Harvard Medical International (PHMI) has been instrumental in
planning and designing the hospital.
Hospital Design - Amman’s KHCC expands
Jordan’s leading cancer
centre – the King Hussein Cancer Centre (KHCC) in Amman has been
struggling to cope with the increasing volume of patients.
Unable to evacuate - Fire safety in healthcare buildings
Healthcare buildings, and in
particular hospitals, present building designers with a
different challenge in terms of fire safety design when compared
to other building types.
Device
enables blind people to ‘see’ with their tongue
Neuroscientists in the US
have developed and are in the middle of testing an innovative
device that enables blind people to ‘see’ with their tongue.
Sound bizarre? Well the theory behind it is, but the reality is
that it works remarkably well.