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The Best New Health Care Design Borrows an Old Healing Technique: Plants

This week, the American Institute of Architects announced seven new, stand-out structures designed to help heal patients, whether the focus is cancer treatment, reproductive health, or pediatrics. One constant that runs through these diverse buildings, though, is green space. …

Throughout the Christ Hospital Joint and Spine Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, SOM incorporated spaces for family and patients to retreat to for a little rest and solitude. Outside, this strategy includes a courtyard and rooftop garden.