Five of Texas A&M’s College of Architecture faculty were among the featured speakers headlining the “Architecture of Hospitals” international conference at the University Medical Center in Groningen, The Netherlands last April 12-15.

The A&M professors, joined by speakers from the United States, Canada and Austrailia, discussed the state of affairs in the area of hospital architecture, construction and renovation.

Kirk Hamilton, associate professor of architecture at Texas A&M delivered the keynote address. Other A&M professors in the plenary line-up included Mardelle Shepley and Roger Ulrich. Also, Ronald Skaggs and George Mann spoke in the conference’s breakout sessions.