Designing the building

Our award-winning architects, Stanton Williams, have been working closely with our staff and experts in construction, medicine and research. 

They aim to create a high quality building with outstanding research and clinical facilities to promote interaction between the various disciplines, support exceptional patient care and deliver ground-breaking research.

The building is to contain:

• Various kinds of research laboratories required by our scientists to study rare disease and develop treatments
• A much-needed new outpatients clinic with facilities suitable for medical staff and patients and their families
• Research write-up areas and meeting rooms to allow our scientists and medical teams to progress their work.

• Relate sensitively to the site and its context within a conservation area
• Have a human, friendly scale with appropriate use of high quality materials
• Symbolise excellence and provide a high quality patient experience
• Engage patients and the public in the important work taking place inside.