An interplay of volumes that seem to float animates a hospital's immense scale. In designing a new, 2 million-square-foot facility for Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, the architect HDR + Corgan confronted significant functional and formal challenges.

A cancer center in Oregon with panoramic mountain views encourages patients and staff to connect to nature.

A historic medical institution celebrates its centennial with new exhibition and event spaces that wrap sinuously around a camphor tree.

Bathed in flattering golden light, the foyer and atrium bar of London's Dorsett Hotel subtly evoke the Art Deco glamour of the roaring '20s.

Designed by Ralph Walker—heralded in a 1957 New York Times article as the “architect of the century” but long since fallen into obscurity—the 19-story, dramatically setbacked, and ornately detailed structure was originally built for the New York Telephone Company in 1930.

A tiny Parisian boutique devoted to a new line of nail polish by Christian Louboutin beckons to the beau monde.

The rich materials of a flagship boutique mirror the quiet luxury of the clothing brand.