The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named Friendship Hospital in Bangladesh designed by Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA as winner of the RIBA International Prize 2021, architecture’s highest global accolade for design excellence and social impact.
The remote community hospital, set in the water-laden landscape of south-west Bangladesh, delivers essential healthcare services to local communities providing a medical lifeline for thousands of people in an area of the coast that was heavily affected by a major cyclone in 2007. Lauded for the care and humanity at the heart of its design, the building responds innovatively to the challenging environmental conditions of the Bengal, a fragile and dynamic environment, directly impacted, without protection, to rising sea levels.
