North London Hospice
NORTH LONDON HOSPICE
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
ARCHITECT
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
MAIN CONTRACTOR
Pavehall PLC
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Elliott Wood Associates
SERVICES ENGINEERS
Atelier Ten
QUANTITY SURVEYOR
Equals Consulting
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
BBUK
PHOTOGRAPHS
Timothy Soar
AREA
8000 ft²
YEAR
2012
LOCATION
London, united kingdom
CATEGORY
House
Text description provided by architects.
Designed to be ‘a big version of someone’s house’ to instil a domestic sense of well-being, North London Hospice offers specialist palliative care to patients with life-limiting illnesses.
Set on a prominent corner in a quiet residential area of north London, the massing of this brick building is broken down into two north facing gables with circulation interleaved between.
A single-storey multi-pitched extension at the rear completes the L-shaped plan and frames a south-facing private courtyard for the enjoyment of patients.
Conceived from both the inside-out and the outside-in, the expansive windows set around a simple palette of brick and timber, ensure a series of light and airy spaces that are well-connected – both physically and visually – with their external environment.
