Health Design in New Zealand

Te whaihanga o ngā whare hauora o Aotearoa

Chris Thom

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Hard cover

$75.00

One hundred and ninety years of hospital building history

In many New Zealand towns and cities the hospital is one of the largest buildings, with a history of community aspiration behind it.

This history of their architecture starts with the tiny hospitals that served the early colony and tracks their evolution through to the high-tech facilities of today, showing how, as medicine developed and communities grew, hospitals have constantly adapted to meet our health needs.

Most of the earliest buildings have been demolished and many of their architects forgotten. This book brings them back into the light.

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  • CATEGORY: Health, History
  • ISBN: 9781991309051
  • ESBN: N/A
  • PUBLISHER: Massey University Press
  • IMPRINT: Massey University Press
  • PUBLISHED: 11/09/2025
  • PAGE EXTENT: 416
  • FORMAT: Hard cover
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Chris Thom is an Auckland architect who specialises in health design. He is a Principal at Chow:Hill Architects, where he has worked on hospitals and mental health units across New Zealand.