London

Evelina Children's Hospital, London SE1

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Evelina Children's Hospital, London SE1
Hopkins Architects
Photo: Paul Tyagi
Client: Evelina Children's Hospital
Awards: Shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize,Shortlisted for the RIBA Inclusive Design Award


The entrance on Lambeth Palace Road admits the visitor to an internal street which is illuminated by shafts of light from the spectacular atrium above.
 
The technical facilities, normally associated with fear, are made pleasant and inviting, and daylight reaches every hospital bed. Here the patient, not the institution, is given priority.