Practice replaced BDP on 拢600m scheme last year

Perkins & Will has been officially appointed to design two hospitals in Leeds after the architect replaced BDP on the 拢600m job last year.

BDP was announced as the winner of the high profile 拢9.5m design contract last August but Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust dropped the practice the following month.

Perkins & Will, the runner up in the competition to design an adults鈥� and a children鈥檚 hospital in the city, was then announced as preferred bidder.

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Perkins & Will鈥檚 designs for the two Leeds hospitals are set to go ahead after the practice signed a contract with the trust

The trust did not give any further details of why BDP had been replaced but said that it was 鈥渘ot able to progress鈥� with discussions on the scheme following a period of bidder engagement.

Now the Perkins & Will team, consisting of Penoyre & Prasad with Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, has inked the deal with the trust.

The job will see it designing the hospitals up to RIBA stage 2 before the trust novates the team to a contractor to carry the schemes through to construction and handover.

Perkins & Will managing principal Mark Rowe said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted to have been appointed to design the Trust鈥檚 new hospitals at the Leeds General Infirmary site.鈥�

The design team is now undertaking staff and patient engagement sessions to gather input and support the next stage of design development, according to a statement from the practice.

The trust said Perkins & Wills鈥� designs hark back to the original Leeds General Infirmary opened by Prince Albert in 1869, which prioritised light and air.

The proposals will include a rooftop plaza with gardens 鈥渂oasting local plants and trees that will be inspired by the local landscape鈥�.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust was one of six to be awarded a share of 拢2.7bn of funding as part of the first wave of the government鈥檚 health infrastructure plan.

The shortlist for the competition also included CF Moller, HOK and NBBJ.

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