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April 13, 2020“Rammed earth Bayalpata Hospital opens in Nepal”
"new york city-based studio sharon davis design presents its newly completed bayalpata hospital in achham, one of nepal’s poorest and most remote regions. the project brings healthcare to the most remote area of nepal, where the doctor-patient...
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April 7, 2020Sustainability is a Nonnegotiable at Sharon Davis’s Bayalpata Regional Hospital
"Inside the buildings, south-facing clerestory windows bring in daylight, contributing to solar gain in winter and cross-ventilation in summer. Narrow windows—their width determined by the rammed-earth construction unit—admit periodic views...
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April 6, 2020“Poverty – The Real Pandemic” – Nepali Times
"At Bayalpata, we treat patients who have walked or have been carried for days because they either do not have access to medical care, or cannot afford it. Having a...
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March 26, 2020Congrats to our former staff Bruce Engel for winning Architizer’s 2020 One Photo Challenge
Congrats to our former staff Bruce Engel for winning Architizer's 2020 One Photo Challenge with a photo of our Rwandan Women’s Opportunity Center for Women for Women! Read the...
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February 21, 2020Sharon Davis Design has been longlisted for a 2020 Ashden Award
We are honored to be on the Ashden Award longlist in the Sustainable Built Environment category View the full Longlist here.
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January 21, 2020Bayalpata Hospital featured in Architectural Digest
"Thanks to a new project by the do-good architecture firm Sharon Davis Design, high-quality health care just got closer to home. Working in collaboration with the nonprofit Possible Health and...
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January 1, 2020WOC featured in Chris van Uffelen’s new book Bricks Now & Then
"The design draws on the delicacy of this vernacular Rwandan construction method with rounded, perforated brick walls that allow for passive cooling and solar shading, while maintaining a sense of privacy....
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December 7, 2019Bayalpata win at WAF featured on CNN
Our win in the health category has been featured in the CNN article World Architecture Festival names Building of the Year Slide 3/18
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December 6, 2019“Bayalpata Hospital wins global design award” – Nepali Times
“It was a deliberate design decision to work with the natural environment as much as possible and also to address the cultural context,” says Tyler Survant from Sharon Davis Design...
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December 5, 2019Bayalpata Hospital named winner of Health category at WAF
We are pleased to announce that the Bayalpata Hospital has won the Health category at this year's World Architecture Festival. We dedicate this win to the patients and staff of...
