In the 1850s, London’s Soho neighborhood was a thick layer cake of tenements separated only by narrow footpaths, a prime breeding ground, it turned out, for the 1854 cholera outbreak. One young London ...

Soldiers assigned to the 531st Hospital Center build shelving at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, where a temporary medical station has been constructed to aid efforts combating the ...

Julie Willis receives funding from the Australian Research Council and is on The Conversation AU's editorial board. Welcome to the first article of our Designing Hospitals series, where we explore how ...

Endless corridors that seem to lead nowhere. Poorly marked entrances. Multiple elevator banks and incomprehensible signs. Hospitals are realizing they have a design problem as patients and visitors ...