Stories
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Designing better mental health wards
Bringing colour and natural light to tired, grubby mental health wards has a measurably positive effect on patients. A few groundbreaking projects are showing the way.
- In pictures
Florence Nightingale, Victorian design and the treatment of Covid-19
Discover how the design of Britain’s Nightingale hospitals, set up during the first national lockdown, is based closely on Florence Nightingale’s pioneering ideas for the most effective hospital layout.
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The art of soundproof design
Too much noise is more than annoying – it has serious negative effects on health and cognitive ability. Find out how designers and architects are mitigating the downsides of sound.
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Designing death in the virtual city
Danger and death are fun when they’re virtual – and when they incorporate realistic elements. Now the tables are turned, as urban planners learn from game environments.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
"Art and Design in Healthcare"
Date: 1989-1999Reference: ART/AFH/A/1/14Part of: Arts for Health: archive- Books
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Design and construction of general hospitals : a definitive study of the physical aspects of the hospital plant in relation to its function / prepared by Federal Security Agency, Public Health Service, Division of Hospital Facilities.
United States. Public Health Service. Division of Hospital and Medical Facilities.Date: [1947?]- Archives and manuscripts
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History of the design and construction of The Duchess of Kent's Military Hospital at Catterick, Yorkshire
Date: 1976Reference: RAMC/1475Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Photographs of interior and exterior of St Mary's Hospital, including art works
Date: 1990sReference: ART/IOW/D/1/2Part of: Healing Arts, Isle of Wight- Archives and manuscripts
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Charing Cross Hospital Construction
Date: C.1992-C.1997Reference: SA/KET/B/3/7Part of: The Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research