title: Green 'heart' for new community hospital.
abstract: Replacing a healthcare facility first opened in 1908 as a 20-bed cottage hospital, the recently opened 'new' Finchley Memorial Hospital in north-west London was designed by architects, Murphy Philipps, 'to be at the heart of a health campus', surrounded by green space for use by both the hospital itself, and the local community. The 28 million pounds hospital, which has achieved a BREAAM Excellent rating - with an annual energy target of just 35 GJ/100 m3 set by SHINE, the Department of Health-backed learning network for sustainable healthcare buildings - has also featured as one of only 20 projects in the RIBA Health Buildings Exhibition. HEJ editor, Jonathan Baillie, met with lead architect, Marc Levinson, to find out more about the key elements, and the thinking, that went into the design.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baillie
mesh_terms: D003246:Conservation of Energy Resources / Q000191:economics*; D017046:Cost Savings; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008131:London