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Form, function and flexibility by design.

E Berg
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From a children's residential psychiatric unit in California to a medical campus in Japan, this year's winners in MODERN HEALTHCARE'S sixth annual design awards competition showed great innovation and skill in blending the projects into surrounding communities, cultures or existing structures.

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E Berg. 1991-10-28. Form, function and flexibility by design.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10114633/

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