If anyone is interested in the Kirkbride comment and Ill post the world save as well as the schematic to PlanetMinecraft.com.

almost

The Kirkbride is complete! Now just a few days to work on final touches in the interior.

Soon

The kirkbride building is coming along quickly. I foresee it being ready for download within the week. This kirkbride is influenced heavily by Danvers state hospital in Massachusetts.

 

Here is an example of a common Kirkbride floor plan. 

They are magnificent buildings to see in person. I have seen a handful of these types of buildings built before in minecraft but they are usually enormous in scale. This one is 'player sized'. It has just over 200 patient rooms. Before I post it I will be putting in some furniture to make the inside much more real.

...Kirkbride...

Thomas Story Kirkbride came up with a plan for a new type of hospital for the mentally ill in the mid 1840s. This new building layout was dubbed the Kirkbride plan.  It consisted of a center administration building flanked by two wings.The wings consisted of a series of rectangular buildings staggered in an echelon pattern to maximize light and air flow to patients. another key aspect of this building design was hospital grounds adorned with gardens trees and walkways. A number of these buildings were built between 1848 -1895. They were often built in very ornate styles and were designed by many different architects consequently the visual style of these buildings varies a great deal. they were enormous buildings sometimes reaching 2000ft from end to end. of the 40 or so of these magnificent buildings constructed only a handful remain intact. Ive had the idea to build one of these buildings in minecraft but the task seemed so daunting. here is a taste of what I have built so far. when it is complete i will be posting the schematic and possibly a world save for download.