Results: 10

Back to the source: new spa and bathing facilities

Peter Smisek

19.05.2021

With a gradual easing of lockdown restrictions, wellness facilities might soon be inviting people back into the water again – among them, our nature-embracing selection from across Europe.

Picture of health: new medical-facility design

Peter Smisek

24.02.2021

Can architecture help heal the body and mind? These projects take a holistic approach to the patient experience.

Built for the future: HI-MACS®

Brand story

Peter Smisek

26.11.2020

It has never been more important to pay attention to the sustainable credentials of the materials we use in our buildings – and companies such as LG Hausys, manufacturer of HI-MACS®, are leading the way.

All well and good: new health-spa design

Peter Smisek

20.05.2020

There’s more to wellness than warm pools and hot-stone massages – the spa experience can be significantly enhanced via considered architectural choices when it comes to materiality, colour and context.

Check in, get naked: the destination hotel bathroom

Peter Smisek

04.03.2020

When it comes to hotel bathrooms, designers are increasingly blurring the lines between where the bedroom ends and the bathroom starts – resulting in a richer, more joined-up experience for the user. 

The best medicine: new healthcare architecture

Peter Smisek

19.02.2020

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.

Pool party: architecture to bathe to

Brand story

Peter Smisek

07.08.2019

Summer time, and the livin’ is easy. Architects flex their athletic creativity in the pursuit of the perfect pool house.

It's only natural: new spa projects

Peter Smisek

03.07.2019

Naked bodies call for natural materials, as an international survey of the latest spa projects demonstrates.

Head to toe: new healthcare clinics

Peter Smisek

22.05.2019

Taking the pulse on new health clinics demonstrates a further move toward designing facilities that holistically support patients’ wellbeing.

Old, not obsolete: new care homes

Peter Smisek

18.10.2018

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.