The new Bendigo Hospital is the largest regional hospital development in Victoria, Australia. The $AUD 630 million project delivers world-class healthcare facilities and aims to provide a welcoming, holistic and positive environment that promotes wellbeing. The design was inspired by the belief that modern hospitals are much more than places that treat illness. They are places that promote wellness; serving as important community centres, specialist treatment centres and education facilities. Bendigo Hospital offers a tranquil and caring environment for staff, patients and visitors through the integration of architecture, landscaping, health planning and evidence-based design. The building’s façade is highly-crafted and distinguished by a pattern of glass panels with increased reflectivity. Like jewels, these windows glisten and mirror the surrounding sky, light and natural landscape, making the building a more inviting facility.The internal street within the hospital aims to create a close relationship with nature. A key feature is the bespoke and intricately woven timber ceiling that runs between the hospital’s two entrances. As a key public area within the facility, the space demonstrates how the selection of natural materials and the emphasis on natural daylight can increase the wellbeing and comfort of visitors, patients and staff.