Once again, P+HS have excelled themselves at the LABC Northern Region Building Excellence Awards.  In a glittering ceremony, P+HS  received two commendations for Eaglescliffe Health Centre (with Tolent Construction) and Wrekenton Health Centre (with Laing O’Rourke), and won the Best Healthcare Building overall for Washington Primary Care Centre (also with Laing O’Rourke).   Washington will now go through to the National LABC Awards later in the year.  Congratulations to all involved.  The results were as follows:

Washington Primary Care Centre for Sunderland Teaching PCT- Best Healthcare Building - Overall Winner

Wrekenton Health Centre for Sunderland Teaching PCT - Commended

Eaglescliffe Health Centre for Abstract Integrated Healthcare - Commended

Eaglescliffe Medical Centre was officially opened on Tuesday 5th May. Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson was the guest of honour at a well attended ceremony with representatives from all the building’s stakeholders. The Centre was developed by Abstract Integrated Healthcare and constructed by Tolent. One of the senior GP’s, Krysia Ellenger, described her feelings about the new building designed by the P+HS team.

” Just what the doctor ordered ! A building that so intimately reflects our vision and our ethos . A place of light, of healing, of comfort. A building that exudes quality, calmness and soothes pain. A building that is ambitious, that reflects the modernity of medicine, of ever expanding knowledge and yet it embraces the human side. A building that encourages wisdom, is kind to the soul and has context . ”

I think that sums it up! It’s a great example of team working delivering clients’ aspirations. Well done to everyone involved.
Photography by Doug Jackson

Photographs of the recently completed health centre at Wrekenton, Tyne & Wear.

The 1500sqm building has a prominent street frontage on one of the main routes into the town and contains accommodation for a local GP practice along with new pharmacy, dental, podiatry and minor ops facilities.

Client: Sunderland TPCT     Contractor: Laing O’Rouke

Eight units for Home Group have been completed. Built in partnership with STG, the development of two bed bungalows and two and three bed houses adds to six units designed by P+HS over 10years ago.

A development for Erimus Housing of 22no. apartments for social rent and 4no. bungalows for sale in Billingham

View from 1st Floor ward into Therapy Garden and Multi-Faith Space

Artwork in the central cafe combines colours used in each of the hospital wards, creating exciting and easy wayfinding around the building.

View of mezzanine office to rear of atrium at first floor.
Client happy with extra meeting room space.

View from ground floor looking up at glass bridge and skylight beyond

Internal view from Atrium. Above, new glass bridge link from existing building into new extension.
Main feature of scheme, works well both visually and functionally

Glass canopy and level threshold on entrance

Existing office building to the left, with new main entrance and 2 storey offices to the right.Client and Planners keen to mirror the existing building - Atrium acts as a modern intervention between the two buildings.

Older Persons landscaped courtyard garden accessed from Day/Dining room