New images of a proposed £600 million “super laboratory” in central London have been released.

The designs have been drawn up by HOK with the help of fledgling practice PLP.

As BD revealed in April, PLP was drafted in by the client, the UK Centre for Medical Research & Innovation, to help redraw HOK’s original following concern from local planners at Camden Council.

Due to be completed by 2015, the ground-breaking facility will develop new treatments for illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke and flu.

It is being planned by the Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK, the Medical Research Council and University College London.

PLP partner Fred Pilbrow said the firm’s designs had been shaped by the existing buildings nearby – the British Library and St Pancras railway station are both neighbours.

He added: “The architectural strengths in many of the buildings surrounding the UKCMRI site have provided extraordinary inspiration.

“We have tried to create a design which respects and enhances that legacy.”

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