INTRODUCTION Hospitals, Medical Practices, Pharmacies HISTORY AND THEORY OF HEALTHCARE ARCHITECTURE From House for the Sick to Hospital Healing Architecture and Evidence-based Design People-centered Innovation in Healthcare PLANNING AND PRACTICE OF HOSPITAL ARCHITECTURE The Out-Patient Department The Operating Theatre The Area of Nursing and Care Obstetrics EXAMPLES OF HOSPITAL ARCHITECTURE St. Marienworth Hospital Johannes wesling Clinic Helios Clinic City Clinic New Clinic Johanniter-Krankenhaus Emil-von-Behring-Clinic Bundeswehrkrankenhaus, Specialised Medical Examination Posts Stadtisches Klinikum Kreiskrankenhaus MurJtzklinik Stadtiches Klinikum Medical Service Centre, Ostalb-Klinikum Katholisches Krankenhaus St. Johann Nepomuk Diakonie-Klinikum University Medical Centre Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus PLANNING AND DESIGNING MEDICAL PRACTICES Architecture as a Factor of Quality Planning Medical Practices: the German Principle EXAMPLES OF MEDICAL PRACTICES Orthopaedics at Rosenberg Centre for Radio-Oncology Dental Clinic ENT and Psychotherapy Clinic Gastroenterology Dental Practice Children's Dental Practice KU64 Dental Practice MKG-Surgery Airport Clinic Radiology Orthodontic Clinic SPORTHOPAEDICUM Orthopaedic Clinic in Adlershof Health Centre Matrei Health Centre Medical + Dental Suite at Cologne Bonn Airport Centre d'Endodontie Municipal Clinic, Outpatient Department