Tag: Health
WA’s first children’s hospice approved
The Western Australian Planning Commission has approved the state’s first and only purpose-built children’s hospice facility, designed by Hassell.
Kids’ hospital park inspired by ‘healing energy of Country’
A green space next to the Perth Children’s Hospital will undergo a $4 million upgrade to include a nature playground, amphitheatre, entertainment space and a natural learning precinct.
Design unveiled for $478m Sydney biomedical precinct
Designs by Denton Corker Marshall and HDR have been selected for an integrated health, education and research precinct for the University of Sydney and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
Revised masterplan for University of Wollongong’s health precinct
The University of Wollongong has lodged a revised development application for its planned Health and Wellbeing Precinct.
Monash Uni to lead $27m slum revitalization project
An international team of researchers led by Monash University has received $27 million in funding for a project to revitalize slums in Indonesia and Fiji.
Healing gardens: Hospital design using nature to heal and soothe
A series of visitors’ books, or “bench diaries,” were left on a roof garden at Brisbane’s Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital when the hospital first opened.
The science is in: Gardening is good for you
The science of therapeutic horticulture.
High-density living isn’t always healthy
It’s become planning orthodoxy, but the advantages of high-density residential development are far from clear cut.