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University of Iowa Children?s Hospital
American Health Building, USA – design by Foster + Partners architects
15 Nov 2016
University of Iowa Children?s Hospital
Design: Foster + Partners, architects
Location: Iowa, USA
University of Iowa Children?s Hospital completes first phase of Foster + Partners? masterplan

The University of Iowa Children?s Hospital was officially unveiled as the University of Iowa Stead Family Children?s Hospital on Friday, 11 November led by Dr Jean Robillard, VP for Medical Affairs at the University of Iowa, and Ken Kates, CEO University of Iowa Healthcare. The new 50,000 square-metre (530,000-square-foot) children?s hospital focusses on making the often traumatic experience of being in a hospital more compassionate for young patients and their families. The hospital is the first phase of a larger masterplan by Foster + Partners, which will modernize the university?s healthcare campus and improve quality of care.
The masterplan aims to stitch the campus together by revitalising the surrounding landscape and opening up the hospital to create a better healing environment. The 140-bed children?s hospital is conceived as a bright, uplifting environment. Colour is introduced at lower levels, articulating the building?s function as a children?s hospital through the transparent façade, and double height atrium ?lightwells? bring light and views into the interior, openi...