| The best medicine: new healthcare architecture | | | The capacity of architecture to influence wellbeing finds perhaps its greatest utility in the area of healthcare, where thoughtful, empathetic design choices can have a profoundly positive effect on patients – and health professionals, too. | | Intelligent textiles for better well-being
Our intelligent textiles help to protect residents, patients and employees from bacteria and improve indoor air quality. The result is increased well-being, which is additionally supported by the design of our textiles. | | | Old, not obsolete: care homes | | As the number of relatively healthy older adults entering their golden years increases, architects are responding to their needs, designing care homes that offer residents more self-sufficiency and ways to stay active. | | | | LIGHT RELIEF:
TRIBECA FROM PEDRALI | | Nostalgia ain't what it used to be! CMP Design's latest collaboration with premium Italian brand PEDRALI sees a reworking of classic 1960s outdoor furniture that's so much more than a simple homage.
| | | MELTING EVEN CONCRETE: OCCHIO | | It is not for nothing that light is considered the fourth dimension of architecture. Lighting specialist OCCHIO knows all about its power, managing to enliven even cold, black concrete with its luminaire systems.
| | | DISCOVER THE POWER OF MORE: EGGER | | The Austrian wood-based products specialist knows how to satisfy its customers – combining decades of experience with state-of-the-art technology.
| | | STRAIGHT TALKING:
SYSTEM 180 | | With its dynamic, contemporary workplace-furniture solutions, Berlin-based brand SYSTEM 180 tells it like it really is.
| | THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT:
LIGHT + BUILDING 2020 | | ‘Fascinating’ – this is one of the top themes at LIGHT + BUILDING 2020 in Frankfurt and focuses on the full spectrum of both current and future light and luminaire designs for every application.
| | TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA:
LIGHT MATERIAL | | Japanese designer TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA tests the boundaries of materials in a surprising and alluring manner.
| | | | | | Santa Casa da Misericórdia Elderly Care Centre by Nuno Piedade Alexandre | | The Santa Casa da Misericórdia Elderly Care Centre in Ponte de Sor, Portugal, is a health care residence for elderly people, with ten double rooms and four single rooms, all of them equipped with their own private facilities. The main functional aim of the project was the creation of extra bedrooms, while of course keeping the wellbeing of patients and users front and centre. | | Softrend’s New August Nook creates much-needed space for focused work
Nook is a compact workplace for mobile employees who land in the office to focus on episodic tasks. High wall panels increase privacy and reduce acoustics, the desk is measured for laptop work and the seat is comfortable enough to stay for the day. | | | The Pamplona-based office of Vaillo + Irigaray is a creative, multidisciplinary team working on a broad range of architectural, cultural, social, industrial and artistic projects. They design strategies, not objects. The project itself is the source of inspiration, each one requiring its own process, its own laws, its own materiality. | | Hurry – Last chance to enter! Entries for INDE.Awards close 21 Feb 2020
INDE.Awards celebrates the diversity and dynamism of the Indo-Pacific, bringing together creatives from all fields and corners of the region to shine a spotlight on the most progressive buildings, spaces, objects and people.
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