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Architects Collective, F+P Architects and SWAP Architecture are pooling their expertise across projects to create a leading Healthcare Architecture cooperation.

The South Nursing Ward Building at University Hospital Vienna (AKH) recently opened. Initially, certain functions will be temporarily relocated here from the main building to allow for necessary renovation work. The modern hybrid wood architecture sets new standards in sustainability and flexibility for future adaptations, thereby making a valuable contribution to the City of Vienna’s circular economy.

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At this year’s Archiball, we achieved an incredible second place. In the final, we managed to come back from a 1–0 deficit and equalize through a well-deserved penalty. However, the players of Madame Architects ultimately secured the tournament with two late goals. Even though we narrowly missed out on first place, we are incredibly proud of finishing second – our best result at the Archiball so far. We are already looking forward to next year.

We are delighted to support the Health Makers Festival 2026 as an AHA partner of Architects Collective by sponsoring the Health Makers Award 2026 in the category “Healing Environments.”

The award will be ceremonially presented by Richard Klinger and Andreas Frauscher on 8 October 2026 at the Vienna Airport Conference & Innovation Center, as one of the highlights of the Health Makers Festival 2026. © Photo: Lisi Specht

With the restructuring and expansion of services at the Favoriten Clinic, a central building is to be erected in place of the outdated pavilion structure.

The design strategies of Healing Architecture aim to meet the needs of everyone in the healthcare sector.

We at AHA are bringing our technical know-how together across projects, creating new synergies and establishing a new brand for forward-thinking architecture.

Healing Architecture creates a culture of soothing encounter and interaction in Healthcare Facilities.

Direct views of the greenery and good lighting have been proven to support patient recovery and staff job satisfaction.

Our aim is to meet the highly complex and constantly expanding list of planning requirements for healthcare facilities in the best possible way.

Healthcare Facilities Breakout Sessions: A series of talks organised by the Technical University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna.

Architects Collective and SWAP Architektur are part of the Technical University of Vienna’s Healthcare Facilities Breakout Sessions - A series of online discussions on the interface between medicine and architecture. The series is part of the University’s postgraduate master's program "Healthcare Facilities,” a cooperation between the Medical University of Vienna and the Technical University of Vienna beginning in autumn 2023.

The moderators of these series of talks are Michael Hiesmayr from MedUni Vienna and Christian Kühn from the Faculty of Architecture at Vienna University of Technology.

The first session was dedicated to the consequences of the corona pandemic on current and future planning, titled "Pandemic resilience - what have we learned?" Partner architects Svenja Partheimüller and Christoph Falkner from SWAP Architektur, as well as the infectiologist and hygienist Walter Zingg from the University Hospital Zurich were part of the panel.

The fourth session titled "Profit with BIM - Digital Hospital Planning” was dedicated to Building Information Modelling, or BIM for short, which makes it possible to map all relevant information on the construction and operation of a building in a common model that can be accessed by different stakeholders, from the planning architects to the specialist planners to the facility managers. During the session, architects Sonja Paar-Tschuppik, Marion Faes and Richard Klinger from Architects Collective as well as Josef Newertal from the Vienna Health Association discussed the benefits and limitations of BIM.

The sessions can be accessed here:
https://www.youtube.com/@healthcarefacilities

Healing Architecture is prioritized in the planning process alongside technique and functionality.