An expert international team has been appointed to design a flagship new children’s hospital in Cambridge.

The team will be led by Turner & Townsend and includes architects Hawkins\Brown and White Arkitekter.

The appointment of the project design team, following a competitive tender process lasting several months, is a major milestone in the delivery of the new facility, which is due to open in 2025.

The hospital aims to provide a new way of caring for young people, integrating mental and physical healthcare alongside world-leading academic research and is being commissioned by Cambridgeshire University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, and the University of Cambridge.

Ramboll will provide all engineering services for the development, while MJ Medical will bring international healthcare planning expertise to the project.

Clinton Green, director of healthcare project management at Turner & Townsend, said: “Cambridge Children’s Hospital will be a world-leading facility for healthcare and clinical research and the combined experience of the design team is well matched for the bold ambition of this project. 

“It is a huge privilege to have been appointed and we are looking forward to getting started and working with the entire project team.”

Oliver Milton, partner at Hawkins\Brown, added: “The Cambridge Children’s Hospital project represents an opportunity to consider a whole new approach to healthcare for young people – focused on the mind as well as the body – with research embedded alongside the clinical facilities.”

And Cristiana Caira, partner at White Arkitekter, said: "Our evidence-based design methodology is founded in the knowledge that architecture contributes to healing and patient wellbeing. 

“We’re excited to collaborate with the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust and stakeholder groups to deliver a world-class sustainable, future-proofed, smart and homely healing environment."