Hospitals

Hospitals are noisy places, and research has shown that high noise levels can lead to increased stress, anxiety, and delayed recovery times. Anna Fox, Associate Principal and architect at STH and Stuart Turk, Clinical Health Planner with STH, talk about new ways to manage noise control within health care design.

Resilient healthcare facilities are designed to be both robust and flexible explains HDR Health Sector Lead Conor Larkins. This means ensuring the infrastructure will have a long lifespan while simultaneously allowing building components to grow and change. Sustainability is another important consideration in healthcare design