The new Breast Imaging & Diagnostic Center in Kuwait draws from the understanding of the sanitary space as a place that oscillates between the public and the private, between the open and the intimate, having to address both aspects at the same time. Buildings dedicated to sanitary programs require going beyond the purely functional requirements, incorporating the … [Read more...]
Ali Mohammed T. Al-Ghanim Clinic, “Highly Commended” at World Architecture Festival Awards 2015
It competed along with ten other shortlisted projects in the Completed Buildings Health category. This Clinic won a WAF Award in 2013 in the Future Projects Health category. Another project by the firm has been a WAF finalist: AGi architects’ competition entry for the new Qatar Courthouse. This Honorable Mention is added to the four WAF awards won so far by AGi … [Read more...]
Healthcare and governmental projects shortlisted for WAF Awards 2015
Ali Mohammed T. Al-Ghanim Clinic will compete in the Completed Buildings Health category while Qatar Courthouse will compete in the Future Project Competition category. The design firm was the WAF Award 2014 winner in the Completed Buildings Religion category with “La Ascensión del Señor” Church, in Seville, Spain . Two projects developed by AGi architects, the … [Read more...]
Our healthcare architecture project, case study at Building Healthcare Middle East event in Dubai
AGi architects have shared their experience in healthcare architecture at the Architect’s Congress at Building Healthcare Exhibition & Conferences, held from 8-10 June 2015 in Dubai. Theevent has focused on the design of a healing environment and how it impacts patient safety, operations, and the financial success of a healthcare facility. Nasser Abulhasan, Principal and … [Read more...]
The Keys of Healthcare architecture: An interview with Bruno Gomes and Stefania Rendinelli
“ The concept of the hospital of the future will be much closer to the current concept of a hotel ” (Bruno Gomes) “ Nowadays you can’t talk about a healthcare typology” (Stefania Rendinelli) Bruno Gomes and Stefania Rendinelli, senior architects of AGi architects, have participated on some of our healthcare projects, as the Hisham A. Alsager Cardiac Rehabillitation Center and … [Read more...]
We are shortlisted for two WAF awards 2014 in health and religious architecture projects
Our projects “La Ascensión del Señor” Church, in Spain, and Cardiac Research & Rehabilitation Center, currently under construction in Kuwait, have been shortlisted among several works submitted from more than 50 countries tocompete at the current edition of the World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards, that is being held in Singapore, taking place between 1-3 October. In … [Read more...]
We share our expertise on health architecture at Hospital & Build
This new edition of Hospital Build Middle East Exhibition & Congress, still the only regional platform dedicated to showcasing and promoting current and future healthcare projects, was held in Dubai from 2 to 4 June. This year, the event featured presentations on some of the largest healthcare development projects in the GCC. The presentations looked at "Mega Projects" … [Read more...]
Healthcare Architecture event: Introducing the New Sulaibikhat Center
AGi architects have taken part in the healthcare architecture event “Modernization and Refurbishment of Healthcare Centers”, organized by Grupo Via on 10 April in Madrid. Daniel Muñoz, Managing Director of AGi architects, has shared with all attendees to this professional forum the studio’s expertise on healthcare architecture projects explaining New Sulaibikhat Center case … [Read more...]
Hospital Architecture project, New Sulaibikhat Center, featured on ArchiPaper
Our latest project on hospital architecture, The New Sulaibikhat Medical Center project, currently under construction in Kuwait and winner of the WAF award 2013 in the Future Project Health category, was featured on the online newspaper ArchiPaper. Our New Sulaibikhat Clinic building represents innovation in hospital architecture, and has become a pioneer on the sector, as a … [Read more...]
WAF Award 2013 for New Sulaibikhat Medical Center
The New Sulaibikhat Medical Center by AGi architects has been the project winner at WAF Awards 2013 in the Future Projects Health category, after competing against two other shortlisted works. The judges praised this reprogramming of existing health services that draws on the needs of local people. ‘It overcame the limitations of the normal existing typology,’ they … [Read more...]