Keys to the ‘state-of-the-art’ research facility finally handed over to the MRC LMS
The LMS lies in the heart of West London in the Hammersmith Hospital Campus and is equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories. Directly funded by the Medical Research Council, the LMS also forms part of Imperial College London as its Institute of Clinical Sciences which is a Department within the Faculty of Medicine.
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Since 1994, the LMS has been located at Hammersmith Hospital in West London. This new 12,000 metre square facility will provide a collaborative, efficient and effective research environment bringing together almost 40 research groups to advance interdisciplinary, challenge-based research.
Arranged over 7 floors, the new labs boast research space and a home for the LMS’s biomedical facilities including microscopy, proteomics, imaging and bioinformatics amongst others. The laboratories are side-by-side with collaborative, open-plan office and writing-up spaces and a series of break-out spaces for inter-group meetings, joined by a central stair-case and light-filled atrium. On the top-floor, floor to ceiling windows fill a cafe area and social space with light and an outdoors terrace. The 7th floor spaces will also be used for talks, exhibitions, seminars workshops and conferences.
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The MRC and Imperial College London announced this project in 2017. WalterLilly has been in charge of the construction and Buro Happold’s multi-disciplinary team delivered a broad range of critical interventions into this project, creating cutting edge facilities designed around a multitude of specific needs.
Explore the 360 renders developed by Hawkins\Browns Architects to explore our open-plan offices, advanced laboratories, and break-out spaces by clicking below.
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