You gotta love the Dutch!

[fbartels]

In the USA the space referenced here would be occupied by some billionaire plutocrat. In Holland it's a space for hospitalized kids and their families to spend time together.

[Anssi]

I would say that in almost all of Europe the best architecture is commissioned by public institutions, even if the economic constraints in most cases are much more strict than in this one.

Of course, it seems to be a small part of a big hospital complex, and even with the expensive bits the cost is peanuts compared to even a simple operating ward, that will have a much shorter life cycle

Anssi