All Features articles – Page 193
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The numbers game
20,000 deaths a year are either directly or partly attributable to hospital-acquired infections, while at least 9% of inpatients will suffer from an infection, leading to a total of 300,000 cases a year.
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FeaturesHardwood flooring by Hørning
Hørning manufactures a range of solid parquet and plank floors, here jatoba short blocks are used.
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FeaturesWeber external render
The Weber.therm XM insulated render system consists of three layers of Weber products applied on top of a reinforced meshcloth and an insulant layer.
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Features‘Nanny’ state keeps design feeling poorly
There’s a recent addition to my GP’s surgery — a large plasma TV screen displaying the multi-media equivalent of grainy 1960s public information films.
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FeaturesWhy do we need miracles to deliver decent NHS design?
Sylvie Pierce, chief executive of Building Better Health, on the crippling number of advisers in the NHS.
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FeaturesLighting up damaged lives
P+HS’s Newcastle hospital shows what design can do for neurological patients
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FeaturesSchüco curtain walling
The Schüco FW 50+ multi-purpose aluminium system can accommodate broad spans and is ideal for constructing facades.
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FeaturesWaiting room seat and table system by Niva Contracts
Patient waiting areas are fitted with a seating collection called Tonica manufactured by Bent Krogh.
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FeaturesConcrete costings in healthcare design
Study finds little cost variation between concrete and steel construction
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FeaturesFinnish city holds health facilities contest
The city of Espoo in Finland and the Finnish Association of Architects have issued a call for ideas as the first stage of an international competition to find a new design for the city’s central health facilities.
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Pawley’s prescience on the city
Jonathan Glancey recalls his disagreements with former BD editor Martin Pawley, who died this week, about the future of the city
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FeaturesFocus on the ‘what’ not the ‘how’, says Northern Ireland health procurement chief
Chief executive of Health Estates in Northern Ireland, John Cole, explains how good design can improve healthcare.
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FeaturesChanging cubicles by Thrislington
The Icon Aluminium range features panels, doors, locks, headrails and footings.
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FeaturesSpeedy ceilings
Suspended ceiling manufacturer Armstrong has launched the TLX grid, a new clip-fix suspended grid system.
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Devereux clinches Cardiff health centre
Devereux Architects has been appointed to design a health centre in Cardiff by Primary Asset, a private sector developer of health centres, GP surgeries and pharmacies.
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FeaturesBuschow Henley on how to score an NHS healthcare project
Plastik Architects is about to merge with another practice and wants to secure larger commissions.
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FeaturesPenoyre & Prasad’s stylish building syndrome
The Richard Desmond Children’s Eye Centre at London’s Moorfields Eye Hospital sets a benchmark for NHS design.
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FeaturesFuture’s so bright when you’ve got these shades
Levolux has developed curtain walling and motorised solar control systems that respond to a building’s needs.
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FeaturesBricks by Ibstock
The architect has specified a handmade grey-brown brick from the Ancestry range of Tonbridge bricks for the lower ground floor plinth.