“Health for all” was the theme of this year’s International Union of Architects – Public Health Group (UIA-PHG) seminar which took place from 23 – 25 May in Dalian, China. Christine Nickl-Weller was invited to speak about the design of healthcare buildings in the context of cultural differences. Among other topics, she spoke about the findings of the Healing Architecture Experts‘ Meeting, Dubai  and presented differences between design parameters in European countries and the Gulf states.