As the baby boomers grow older, they increasingly need places to do so with grace. Sometimes this is a design solution that converts a home so the elderly can “age-in-place,” but often it means relocating to an assisted-living facility or nursing home. This expanding architectural field is open to many design innovations, from technologies and ways of making spaces feel like home, to finding new ways for residents to make communities in their new surroundings.
Here are some of our favorite nursing homes in the Architizer database.
© Philippe Dubus Architectes
Nursing Home in Sceaux by Philippe Dubus Architects, Sceaux, France
This home unites two old hotels, making the most of their programmatic similarities to produce a new nursing home complex.
Lohbach Residential and Nursing Home by Marte.Marte Architects, Innsbruck, Austria
Who wouldn’t want to retire in one of the most beautiful places on Earth?
© Mathieu Ducros
St Brieuc’s Elderly Establishment by Nomade Architectes, Saint-Brieuc, France
In order to respect the residential neighborhood it resides in, this home is nine small house-like blocks with double-pitched roofs.
© Atelier Alter Architects
Senior Center of Guangxi by Atelier Alter, Nanning, China
The goal of this complex is to foster as many social interactions as possible in the communal spaces.
© 2.0 Architects
Cranendoncklaan by 2.0 Architects, Budel, The Netherlands
Designed “according to the newest scientific knowledge about dementia,” the architects managed to achieve results: “The measurement of conflicts decreased with almost 80%!”
© Motoyasu Muramatsu Architects
IDU TERRACE Nursing Home for the Elderly by Motoyasu Muramatsu Architects, Japan
This nursing home was designed with the surroundings — both in terms of community and environment — in mind, with Mt. Fuji as a backdrop.
© BLANCA architecten
Middelwijck Middenbeemster by BLANCA architecten, Prinses Beatrixpark, Middenbeemster, The Netherlands
With four different styles of apartments in addition to temporary-stay facilities and group homes, this housing complex accommodates a variety of different needs and lifestyles.
Nursing Home Nenzing by Dietger Wissounig Architects, Nenzing, Austria
This building meets passive house standards with the most up-to-date technologies.
© Architekt Christian Kronaus, KNOWSPACE architecture + cities
Hainburg Nursing Home by Architekt Christian Kronaus and KNOWSPACE architecture + cities, Hainburg, Austria
Who says elderly housing can’t be fun?