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The Pears Building, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation

by Hopkins Architects 

Client Royal Free Charity, University College London (UCL) and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust  

Award RIBA London Award 2023

The Pears Building, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation © Janie Airey

This world-class facility designed by Hopkins Architects is the new home to the laboratories of University College London’s immunity and transplantation institute, as well as housing the offices of the Royal Free Charity associated with the adjacent Royal Free Hospital, and a 35-bed hotel for patients.  The Pears Building, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation  is capable of accommodating 200 researchers from all over the world along with extremely sophisticated medical research equipment. 

Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury at RIBA Journal.

Contractor Willmott Dixon 

Delivery Architect BMJ Architects 

Landscape Architect Colvin & Moggridge 

Structural Engineer BDP 

Structural Engineer Heyne Tillett Steel 

Environmental / M&E Engineer BDP 

Concept Engineer BDP 

Quantity Surveyor / Cost Consultant Aecom 

Project Management Buro Four 

Town Planning Consultant Savills 

Building Control Butler & Young 

Lighting Design BDP 

Acoustic Engineer BDP 

Fire Engineering Consultant RPS 

Access Consultant Arup 

BIM Management Consultant GRFN 

Consultant for the Historic Built Environment KM Heritage 

Internal area 8518 m2 (gross) 

The Pears Building, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation © Janie Airey
The Pears Building, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation © Janie Airey
The Pears Building, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation © Janie Airey
The Pears Building, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation © Janie Airey
The Pears Building, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation © Janie Airey
The Pears Building, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation © Janie Airey
The Pears Building, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation © Janie Airey
The Pears Building, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation © Janie Airey
The Pears Building, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation © Janie Airey
The Pears Building, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation © Hopkins Architects
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