Blobs: the best medicine

The “centre of the cell” children’s visitor centre hovers above researchers’ benches in the basement. Lighting and sprinklers are concealed in the bench hoods.

Source: Morley von Sternberg

We find Will Alsop in abrasive mood at the opening of his new Queen Mary medical school. The architecture provides a much smoother ride

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