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December 18, 2006 Volume 15 No. 24

A New Home For Duke Integrative Medicine

It is rare that a building is an experience in itself. But Duke’s new Integrative Medicine Building is just that -- an experience.

The architects designed the building with the principles of integrative medicine in mind. In the traditional style of Duke architecture, the front entryway is vaulted and the covered walkway is detailed in gothic style wooden trusses. The gently curved walls seem to wrap around you and draw you inside the...

The vaulted ceilings and wrap-around windows bring to the new Duke Integrative Medicine Building a sense of connection to the world — a fitting metaphor for a center that blends the best of conventional western medicine with complementary therapies from around the world, and strives to treat the whole person, not just the disease they suffer from.

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