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EHD2025 Awards winners

We're delighted to announce the winners of the European Healthcare Design 2025 Awards!

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The European Healthcare Design Awards 2025 shone a spotlight on design excellence in healthcare environments in Europe and around the world in a glowing finale to this year’s 11th European Healthcare Design Congress.

Design for Health and Wellness

Judges: John Cooper, JCA, UK; Charlotte Ruben, White Arkitekter, Sweden; Ruairi Reeves, Medical Architecture, UK

An inspirational project that encompasses services outside of traditional healthcare settings and, through an alignment of the care philosophy with the design of the environment, helps promote positive behaviours towards healthy living and wellness.


Winner: The ALS Day Care Center at Isabel Zendal Hospital, Spain

Commissioned by Servicio Madrileño de Salud
Designed by Virai Arquitectura

Highly commended: Residential Treatment Centre for Dublin Simon Community, Ireland

Commissioned by Dublin Simon Community
Designed by
OCMA

Highly commended: St John of God Richmond Hospital, Australia

Commissioned by St John of God Health Care
Designed by Studio STH

Healthcare Design (Under 25,000 sqm)

Judges: Brenda Bush-Moline, Stantec, USA; Jaime Bishop, Architects for Health; Fleet Architects, UK; Peter Ward, King’s College London; Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, UK

An outstanding healthcare project in a community, primary or tertiary care setting that demonstrates high levels of sustainability and urban integration, transforming the quality of care services in an accessible location, and supporting the integrated needs of staff, patients and the community.

Winner: Highgate East, UK

Commissioned by North London NHS Foundation Trust
Designed by Ryder Architecture

Highly commended: The ALS Day Care Center at Isabel Zendal Hospital, Spain

Commissioned by Servicio Madrileño de Salud
Designed by
Virai Arquitectura

Highly commended: Wyvern Private Hospital, Australia

Commissioned by Wyvern Health
Designed by SRH Architecture

Health and Life Sciences

Judges: David Powell, Velindre University NHS Trust; Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Mohammed Ayoub, HDR, USA; Richard Mann, AECOM, UK and Ireland

An outstanding health and life sciences project that promotes the development of medical knowledge and innovation in areas such as training and education, clinical research, informatics and artificial intelligence, drug discovery and healthcare delivery, with a focus to improve patient and population health outcomes.

Winner: London Institute for Healthcare Engineering, UK

Commissioned by Kings College London
Designed by HLM Architects

Highly commended: Flinders University Health and Medical Research Building, Australia

Commissioned by Flinders University
Designed by Architectus

Highly commended: Usher Building, University of Edinburgh, UK

Commissioned by University of Edinburgh Estates
Designed by Hassell

Healthcare Design (Over 25,000 sqm)

Supported by Lexica

The LIVE judging webinar for this category has been concluded. Recordings will be available for registered delegates at this year's Congress.

Judges: Kate Copeland, Australian Health Design Council, Australia; Ben Bassin, Blue Cottage of CannonDesign, USA; Paul Bell, Ryder Architecture, UK

An outstanding healthcare project in a secondary or tertiary care setting that demonstrates high levels of sustainability and urban integration, creates an effective clinical environment, promotes service improvement, and provides a supportive environment for staff, patients and their families.

Winner: Kantonsspital Baden Agnes, Germany

Commissioned by Kantonsspital Baden
Designed by Nickl & Partner Architekten Schweiz AG, Ghisleni Partner AG, Amstein + Walthert AG Zürich, idpp ag

Highly commended: Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Canada

Commissioned by Alberta Health Services
Designed by
DIALOG + Stantec

Highly commended: New 12 de Octubre University Hospital, Spain

Commissioned by 12 de Octubre University Hospital
Designed by Argola Arquitectos

Highly commended: Botton-Champalimaud Pancreatic Cancer Centre, Portugal

Commissioned by Champalimaud Foundation
Designed by HDR, Sachin Agshikar & Joao Laranjo Arquitectos

Design for Adaptation and Transformation

Judges: Visiting Professor Jim Chapman, Manchester School of Architecture, UK; Christopher Shaw, Past chair, Architects for Health, UK; Christine Chadwick, Archus, Canada

An outstanding healthcare project that has had a transformational impact on resolving complex and difficult service design challenges.

Winner: Cura Day Surgery, Singapore

Commissioned by Healthway Medical Group
Designed by HKS

Highly commended: Lidingödoktorn, Sweden

Commissioned by Praktikertjänst Lidingödoktorn

Designed by White Arkitekter

Highly commended: The ALS Day Care Center at Isabel Zendal Hospital, Spain

Commissioned by Servicio Madrileño de Salud
Designed by Virai Arquitectura

Future Healthcare Design

Supported by Integrated Health Projects

Judges: Cliff Harvey, Grand River Hospital/St. Mary’s General Hospital, Canada; Bill Hercules, WJH Health, USA; Matthew Holmes, Jacobs, Australia

A future healthcare project that can demonstrate the potential for outstanding outcomes in masterplanning, place making, wellness, pandemic preparedness and sustainable development, in alignment with the strategic requirements of the healthcare provider to transform their services within the wider community, regional or national health system.

Winner: Homestead Hafod Farm, UK

Commissioned by Homestead Community Network

Designed by
Makower Architects

Highly commended: Sydney Children's Hospital Stage 1 – Minderoo Children's Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Australia

Commissioned by Health Infrastructure NSW
Designed by Billard Leece Partnership

Highly commended: New University Hospital Monklands, UK

Commissioned by NHS Lanarkshire
Designed by
Keppie Design

Mental Health Design

Judges: Beatrice Fraenkel, Design in Mental Health Network, UK; Dan Gibson, MJ Medical; Healthcare Design Leadership, UK; Tara Veldman, BLP, Australia

A mental health project that, through innovative design thinking, achieves a reconciliation between the needs of the patient/resident for a humanistic environment that supports ongoing therapy, care and recovery, and the requirement for appropriate levels of safety, security and supervision.

Winner: Poinciana Rehabilitation Centre, Cayman Islands

Commissioned by Cayman Islands Government Public Works Department
Designed by 
Montgomery Sisam Architects in association with DDL Studio

Highly commended: University Center for Psychiatry, Netherlands

Commissioned by Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
Designed by Atelier PRO and Vakwerk architecten

Highly commended: Hillmorton Hospital Specialist Mental Health Services, New Zealand

Commissioned by Health New Zealand
Designed by
Klein Architects

Highly commended: The Blooming Shed, UK

Commissioned by North London NHS Foundation Trust

Designed by Between Art and Technology Studio

Interior Design and Arts

Judges: Ruth Charity, Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT, UK; Nicola Bertrand, Asklepios, Germany; Femke Feenstra, Gortemaker Algra Feenstra architects, Netherlands

An inspirational project that demonstrates exceptional skill in creating a compassionate healthcare environment that reflects and communicates the values of the healthcare provider through the integrated application of interior design with the visual arts.

Winner: Dyson Cancer Centre, Royal United Hospitals Bath, UK

Commissioned by Royal United Hospitals Bath
Designed by Arcadis and Art at the Heart of the RUH
Funded by New Hospital Programme and charitable funds through RUHX

Highly commended: Cone Health MedCenter Asheboro, USA

Commissioned by Cone Health
Designed by Perkins&Will


Highly commended: Reuben Young People’s Centre, UK

Commissioned by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Designed by White Arkitekter and CW+

Highly commended: Cura Day Surgery, Singapore

Commissioned by Healthway Medical Group
Designed by HKS


Design Research for Healthcare Design

Supported by: Medical Architecture

Judges: Göran Lindahl, Chalmers University of Technology, Centre for Healthcare Architecture, Sweden; Jonathan Erskine, European Health Property Network, UK; Grant Mills, University College London, UK

An independently assessed, completed and novel research study that can demonstrate innovation, relevance and practical application. The research should be original, showing critical thinking in a new field of investigation or by applying innovative methods and analysis to existing issues.

Winner: The shift to a 100% single-patient room model: An occupancy evaluation study in the largest NHS hospital

Authored by: Dr Rutali Joshi, HKS, USA; Sophia Hami, HKS, UK; Dr Deborah Wingler, HKS and CADRE, USA; Jane Ho, HKS, UK; Jane McElroy, NBBJ, UK; Dr. Oliver Zuzan, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK

Highly commended: Beyond greenery: Exploring influences of exposure to natural blue elements on patients using virtual reality

Authored by: Fatemeh Amirbeiki Tafti, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany; Jihae Han, KU Leuven, Belgium; Magdalena Katharina Wekenborg, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany; Andrew Vande Moere, KU Leuven, Belgium; Jan-Henning Schierz, Städtisches Klinikum Dresden, Germany; Ann Heylighen, KU Leuven, Belgium; Gesine Marquardt, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany

Highly commended: Co-design for enhanced access and engagement in play: Exploring solutions for children and families in paediatric palliative care

Authored by: Manuel Schmid, University Hospital Augsburg, Germany

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Healthcare Design (Over 25,000 sqm)

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