Unfortunately, keeping a healthy set of teeth involves regular visits to the dentist; dreaded periods of time which involve your face being prodded by metal instruments whilst you’re tilted horizontally in what is nearly always a cold, white, uninteresting room. The need for a sterile environment is understandable, but that doesn’t mean dental offices must look as plain as possible.
Luckily for some, certain dental clinics have begun to hire creative people to give their places of work a much-needed makeover, and so far the results are looking promising. Here are just five of those stunners, each one commendable for its fresh approach and surprisingly inviting appearance.
Brauner Wegner Priehn Dental Practice
Should you ever find yourself in Northern Germany with toothache, you could do worse than to seek out the sublime Brauner Wegner Priehn Dental Practice in Hamburg. This blue and brown beauty was designed by J. Mayer H. Architects and finished earlier this year, and the results are amazing. Should the USS Enterprise ever need a new dental clinic, they could definitely approach these guys.
GKK Dental Ambulatory
Following a forced relocation, GKK Dental Ambulatory’s new premises were completed in 2008 by X Architeken. Situated in Upper Austria, the clinic’s incredibly minimal, stark interior would resemble the inside of an ice cube if it weren’t for the stripes of colour added by the dark wooden seating and reception desk.
Minami Nagano Dental Clinic
Located in a farming village within Nagano, Japan, the beautiful Minami-Nagano Dental Clinic was designed by architect Hiroki Tanabe and offers space for both a dental clinic, as seen in the photos above, plus separate living space for the dentist and/or staff. The three shells house clinic, waiting room and residence are linked by pathways.
KU64
For the next sublime dental office we’re back in Germany, but this time in the city of Berlin. GRAFT Architects put their heads together and came up with these incredible, undulating, flame coloured offices by the name of KU64 back in 2005. The clinic’s design was apparently inspired by a ‘beach dune landscape’, and what an inspiration it was.
Inside A Smile
Inside A Smile is a dental clinic situated in Porto, Portugal. Designed by 38n9w Arquitectura and completed this year, each room of the futuristic clinic seems to be dedicated to a different colour, and (as Coolboom noted) the walk from the building’s relatively normal lounge through to the clinic itself must feel like walking into another dimension.
Related posts: