Corbett Lyon is a founding partner of Melbourne-based architecture and design practice Lyons. Lyons has been the recipient of many national and international design awards and in 2000 and 2008 the rm exhibited at the Venice Biennale of Architecture. Lyons has specialized in the design and planning of major public healthcare buildings. In 2010 he was awarded the inaugural Arts and Health Australia Award for Excellence in Architecture, Design and the Environment for his role as design director at the new Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Brisbane. Lyons is currently undertaking a major Australian Research Council- funded project in conjunction with the University of Melbourne, which will examine the bene ts of design in healthcare environments and how design can achieve optimal outcomes for patients, staff and families.