Article: Canberra care. (Woden Valley Hospital's new diagnostic and treatment building)

Canberra may not be the driest place on earth, but it certainly gets very hot. This new hospital by Lawrence Neild shows how solar screening can modulate the internal climate while allowing patients and staff to appreciate the beautiful landscape.

Can healing machines make great architecture? The architect's own account of the genesis of Woden Valley Hospital's new diagnostic and treatment (D & T) building emphasises the pragmatic constraints: a tight budget, a fast-track contract, low anticipated maintenance costs, the restrictions of an existing masterplan, and the need for flexibility to accommodate complex and evolving clinical techniques. Such a building ...

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