The other day, Fast Company had a small story about a new maternity and pediatric hospital in a remote part of eastern Senegal that intrigued me. 

The first thing was the idea that it had been effectively designed by the doctors; the second thing was that it was a beautiful and very African-looking building. And the third thing was that the design had been done at no charge by a Swiss architect, built by local contractors for $2 million, and funded by a foundation usually associated with design – the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation.