This book compiles contemporary designs worldwide that break through the stereotype of doctor´s practices as cold and often stressful environments. All projects aim at balancing medical technology and functionality with the need to create a welcoming and comfortable environment for the patients, visitors and staff. Apart from general practitioner´s offices, those of dentists and a wide variety of specialists are also presented. The solutions range from practice design in an existing building to entirely new buildings for one or more offices. Doctor´s Practices demonstrates today´s architectural responses to the complex demands of healthcare a very fast-developing field.
