IBRB University of Warwick, Biomedical Research Building, Architect, English Academic Project Images
Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building University of Warwick
English Campus in Warwickshire, England, UK – design by HawkinsBrown, architects
28 August 2019
IBRB University of Warwick Building
Architects: HawkinsBrown
HawkinsBrown wins planning for Research Building at University of Warwick
Coventry City Council has awarded planning permission for the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building (IBRB) at the University of Warwick. The new building will bring together up to 300 biomedical researchers from the university?s School of Life Sciences and Warwick Medical School.

HawkinsBrown has designed the flagship building at the heart of the Gibbett Hill Campus which is anticipated to become a benchmark for quality campus-wide, with its location maintaining strong visual links to the main University of Warwick campus to the north. The building?s entrance is located on the south elevation facing the campus centre. The surrounding landscape has been designed to work with the steep gradient of the site, integrating an existing cycle and pedestrian pathway linking the two University campuses.

Plans for the five-storey building include a central ?lab village? core, with HawkinsBrown crafting an open layout to facilitate visual connections between internal spaces, initiating interaction and communication through chance encounters. Open-plan ?write-up? areas, offi...