Beneath its beautiful, distinctive façade, Kyneton District Health Service is a practical, highly functional health-care facility designed by Australian architects Lyons Melbourne. Created for Kyneton, a historical gold-rush town of about 4,500 people in the Macedon range north of Melbourne, the facility imbues the local region with essential services such as emergency care, operating rooms, elderly nursing, and more.

The structure?s attractive pinwheel shape is intriguing, but also serves an important function. The projecting spokes provide each department with its own wing, while placing centralized administrative facilities at the hub to facilitate efficient workflow. The shape also creates triangular open "greens" between adjacent wings, incorporating the elegant and therapeutic qualities of nature.

While exposure to nature brings a healing influence to building inhabitants, the sometimes harsh weather conditions are no friend to the structure itself. Due to its location, the building was required to withstand both heat and high winds. A multi-panel (rainscreen) façade by Hunter Douglas gave the facility attractive, durable protection from the elements.

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