Allies and Morrison, Rory Gardiner · Sir Michael Uren Hub

Rory Gardiner

Part lab, part clinic, part office, the Sir Michael Uren Hub is a science building for multiple departments on Imperial College London’s White City campus. Each floor is different, providing flexible and inspiring spaces for cutting-edge translational research at the interface of biomedical sciences and engineering. Its prominent location on the Westway is emphasised by a memorable exterior of 1,300 precast fins, designed in seven permutations and made of low-carbon architectural concrete, an innovation pioneered by the building’s benefactor.