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EZE has launched ‘Helping Healthcare to Heal’ an initiative created to recognise that putting


patients at the centre of hospital, clinic and doctors’ surgery building design can help in the process of healing and recovery. Equipment and materials specified and installed within the building can actively contribute to and promote well-being. In creating the initiative GEZE looked at


addressing areas that encourage recovery and provide patient comfort: • Prevent environmental stresses such as noise from slamming doors or lack of privacy without creating barriers.


• Enable patients and residents to be as close to nature as possible through outdoor views, sufficient sunlight and fresh air.


• Give patients and residents a feeling of control by being offered opportunities to access outside spaces and move around safely and contact free, not feeling imprisoned but protected in the building.


There is more information available on the GEZE UK website or alternatively GEZE have produced a comprehensive brochure for the healthcare industry that looks at providing solutions for the hygiene, safety and well-being of not only patients but employees as well. It reviews each area of a healthcare building in detail identifying the issues of each, whether it is comfort, safety, hygiene, attractive design, sustainability, accessibility or fire safety and provides advice on overcoming them. It can be downloaded from the website or by contacting GEZE UK on marketing.uk@geze.com. Andy Howland, sales and marketing


director said “The Covid-19 pandemic has brought an intense focus on all aspects of


healthcare in the UK and as we look ahead it’s likely that its impact will continue for some sometime with long lasting changes to the building design of hospital and healthcare facilities. At GEZE we support clients and architects as they consider these design implications in new construction and refurbishments to existing buildings.”


01543 443000 www.geze.co.uk


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SIMONSWERK’s TECTUS at Regents Crescent S


IMONSWERK UK’s concealed TECTUS hinges have been fitted throughout the remarkable refurbishment of Regent’s


Crescent, the UK’s only Grade 1 Listed New Build. Designed in 1820 by John Nash who is remembered for his work on Buckingham Palace, Marble Arch and Regent Street in London. John Nash is one of the


most famous architects of the 18th and early 19th centuries. Due to a combination of damage from World War 2 and poor rebuild in 1960, the Grade 1 listed building has been completely rebuilt to turn the office space back into residential accommodation. The Regent’s Crescent development, involved not only the reconstruction of the facade to match John Nash’s original design but also a new contemporary building that sits behind, providing 67 luxury apartments, 9 garden villas, residential amenities, cinema, and spa. The project required architectural ironmongery of the highest standard incorporating performance and appearance. Leading Architectural Ironmonger John Planck Ltd working in collaboration with Midgard, Millier London & PDP Architects selected SIMONSWERK UK door hinges. In total over 3,500 various TECTUS concealed hinges including the TE340, TE540, TE541 and the TE527 in Bronze metallic finish were specified to complement John Planck Ltd’s detailed bespoke door furniture and ironmongery schedule.


SIMONSWERK are one of Europe’s


leading Hinge Manufacturers with a history spanning more than 130 years in the manufacture of brass, aluminium and stainless-steel hinges for doors and windows.


0121 522 2848 www.simonswerk.co.uk


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