Students grapple with life and death issues.

: The 2010 Architects for Health (AfH) Student Health Design Awards, presented recently at the RIBA's London headquarters, saw the highest number of entries--at nearly 100--in the event's four-year history, with architecture and interior design students from all over the world demonstrating their talent, imagination, and creative skills, in the quest for the top prize. Jaime Bishop, a director of Fleet Architects, AfH Executive board member, and the competition's organiser, outlines the Awards' key aims, describes the shortlisted and winning entries, discusses how candidates addressed the brief, and explains how the judges selected this year's winner and two runners-up.