Work has begun on the site of the Institute of Translational Medicine Birmingham (ITM), a ‘world-class clinical research facility’ located in the old Queen Elizabeth Hospital, next to the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and the University of Birmingham Medical School, and designed by Glenn Howells Architects.
The ITM’s vision is ‘to use pioneering science to accelerate the delivery of personalised healthcare’, and cure disease and save lives ‘by applying transformative science and technology, and educating and training the healthcare workforce’.
ITM Birmingham is being ‘delivered’ by Birmingham Health Partners, which brings together ‘the clinical, scientific, and academic excellence’ of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), the University of Birmingham, Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (BCH), and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Part of a hospital masterplan (also developed by Glenn Howells Architects), it will contain office space, laboratories, collaborative working areas, and a clinical trials facility. The building will retain its existing ‘stripped-back’ Art Deco façade (see photo), with the internal spaces reconfigured as four wings set around a newly in-filled courtyard.
The project is the first healthcare development for Glenn Howells Architects.
