Dogs and Cats Home Veterinary Hospital, BDCH Battersea Building, Architecture Development Photos
Dogs and Cats Home Veterinary Hospital in Battersea
BDCH: New South London Pets Health Building Development, England, UK – design by Jonathan Clark Architects
10 Oct 2019
Battersea Dogs & Cats Home
Design: Jonathan Clark Architects
Location: Battersea, South West London, England, UK

Photos by Nick Hufton, Al Crow
This new-build veterinary hospital, conference and administration building for Battersea Dogs & Cats Home (BDCH) forms a key part of a major re-development of the site, replacing an outdated four storey facility adjacent to Battersea Power Station. The 8-storey, 4,000m2 development is now the largest building on the constrained site, tightly boarded between mainline railways. Clad in vibrant Battersea blue glazed terracotta tiles, this building by Jonathan Clark Architects provides the world-famous institution with a multi-purpose facility that houses staff and medical teams as well as its hospital.
Construction was particularly complex as a result of a very constrained site with restricted access, surrounded by railway tracks into Victoria (the nearest track is only 3.6 metres away) and existing BDCH buildings. In addition, extensive dialogue with Network Rail addressed amongst other things, the potential for glare from the façade to affect train drivers, resulting in extensive lab testing of various tiles in different conditions in the UK and Germa...