This project consists of the redevelopment of the Midland Regional Hospital at Tullamore by means of a new building. This new-build three-four storey insitu concrete structure replaces and expands the fine existing hospital building designed by Michael Scott in the early 1940’s. The new building accommodates a new Main Entrance Concourse and Hospital Street; Radiology; Medical Records; Out-Patients; Rehabilitation; Accident and Emergency; Renal Dialysis; Operating Theatres; ICU; CCU; Day Services; CSSD; Medical and Surgical Wards; Medical Oncology; ENT, Administration; On Call; Laboratories; Pharmacy; Mortuary; Energy Centre; stores and ancillary buildings. The project also provides for the alteration and refurbishment of the existing Chapel, which is a protected structure. As a conceptual design the hospital is a synthesis of clinical func¬tions within a matrix of architecturally resolved public spaces through which the social and therapeutic ethos of the building is expressed against the criterion of clinical efficiency. The campus is conceived as an urban entity expanding and consolidating the development of the town and reflecting the regional importance of the service it provides, in which the old hospital restored as a corporate center for health administration, and the hospital as a publiccenter for acute health services are seen as corresponding reflections of a continuing evolutionboth social and architectural. The objection of the Design Team has been to bring the best values of contemporary architectural thought and practice to the appropriate delivery of health services in the region.The new hospital is set in a landscaped campus within easy walking distance of the towncentre. A boulevard of trees leads visitors to the main hospital entrance and to the public andstaff car park both clearly visible on arrival at the site. A separate access to the Accident and Emergency is provided via department via the western perimeter road, which also leads to the services compound to the rear of the hospital. This design also provides for a future link to the ring road proposed to the north east of the town. The Main Entrance forecourt and drop-off area leads into a tri¬ple height entrance concourse naturally lit by a full height west facing glazed screen. This Concourse is centrally situated at the mid-point of the three storey Hospital Street from which all the Hospital Departments are accessed. The design maximizes the use of natural light and ventilation by use of a series of internalcourtyards located both east and west of the hospital street, providing a cheerful and therapeutic environment for the delivery of health care services.