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Design and Architecture

Healing by Design

You don't hear much about design in the healthcare reform debate, but the way a hospital is planned may affect the way you heal. We hear about the "hospital of the future," under construction in the Southland. Plus, advice on scarifying creations for Halloween from Where the Wild Things Are and from two Los Angeles window dressers.

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    By Frances Anderton • Oct 20, 2009 • 29m Listen

    You don't hear much about design in the healthcare reform debate but the way a hospital is planned may make affect the way you heal. We hear about the "hospital of the future," under construction in the Southland. Plus, advice on scarifying creations for Halloween from Where the Wild Things Are wolf suit creator Casey Storm and Los Angeles window dressers Anthony Schmitt and Lucy Spriggs.

    Banner image: Palomar Medical Center West, designed by CO Architects

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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