Retirement home architecture

Completed in 2017 in Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser, Austria. Images by René Rissland. "A society will ultimately be judged by how it treats its elders" (Albert Einstein) In 2014, the three Tyrolean municipalities Ellmau, Scheffau and...

Image 7 of 26 from gallery of Nursing and Retirement Home / Dietger Wissounig Architekten. Photograph by Paul Ott

Image 19 of 44 from gallery of Waiting Rooms, Reception Areas, & Courtyards: 43 Notable Examples of Hospital Architecture. Cortesía de Manuel Ocaña

An old age home is a place intended for the elderly where they can live when there is a problem to stay on their own or their children...

Image 2 of 26 from gallery of Nursing and Retirement Home / Dietger Wissounig Architekten. Photograph by Paul Ott

Workshop8's Paisano Green Community Senior Housing is the first net zero senior housing project in the nation powered by solar and wind energy.

Completed in 2010 in France. Images by Stéphane Chalmeau. This retirement home is being built in Monconseil’s Urban Development Zone (ZAC in France), in the northern suburbs of the city of Tours, where this...

The BUILDblog throws a few tomatoes at American elderly housings and calls out some inspiring examples in Europe.

Image 41 of 53 from gallery of Veronica House Elderly Care Facility / f m b architekten. Plan

Image 14 of 31 from gallery of Retirement and Nursing Home Wilder Kaiser / SRAP Sedlak Rissland + Dürschinger Architekten. Photograph by René Rissland