TY - JOUR T1 - Designing the future hospital: an architect's perspective JF - Future Hospital Journal JO - Future Hosp J SP - 15 LP - 18 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.15.007 VL - 2 IS - 1 AU - Spencer de Grey Y1 - 2015/02/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/2/1/15.abstract N2 - Drawing on the experience of Circle Hospital in Bath and Maggie's Centre in Manchester, as well as projects for the University of Iowa and Cleveland Clinic in the USA, we explain a design process rooted in research, which seeks to bring the natural world into the healthcare environment to maximise its therapeutic benefits, is explored. We discuss how a well-designed hospital can aid patient recovery, while creating buildings that are operationally efficient, environmentally sustainable and flexible to respond to evolving technologies, priorities and treatments. ER -