Thames Hospice

Award winning sanctuary of comfort and care, proudly completed to support patients and families at life’s end.

Information card for Thames Hospice with details on client, value, and duration.
Modern two-story building with brick and wood facade, large windows, and surrounded by landscaping, under a blue sky with clouds.
A lounge with light blue chairs, small wooden tables, a flat-screen TV, decorative flowers, and colorful stained glass doors.
Modern brick building with surrounding greenery on a sunny day
Inside a medical examination room labeled 'Clinic Room 5', with a treatment bed, black stool, white towels, a cabinet, and a window with leaf decorative blinds.
Modern building with circular glass facade and brick exterior under blue sky.
Modern office space with wooden and white furniture, circular design features, large windows, and hanging globe lights.
Modern brick and glass building with "Thomas Hospice" and "Bevan Centre" signage, blue sky, and a circular sculpture outside.
Interior of a modern room with large windows, wooden decor, and a wall display spelling CARE with each letter representing a value: Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Excellence.
Aerial view of a modern building complex with pathways, parking lot, and surrounding greenery.
A modern cafe or lounge with colorful chairs, small round tables, potted plants, a wall decoration of a tree, and two people sitting at a table near large windows.
Interior view of a modern building with a large circular skylight, supported by multiple white columns, and hanging spherical lights. Large windows provide a view of the sky.

Winner: Architects Journal Award – Health & Wellbeing 

Winner: RIBA South Awards – Project of the Year 

Winner: RIBA South Awards – Client of the Year 

Rated: ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission

Finalist: Construction News Awards - Project of the Year (Under £20m)

Thames Hospice is a local charity providing expert care for people living with life-limiting illnesses. They offer a wide range of therapies to support patients’ physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs. All services are free, thanks to fundraisers and donors.

Set in more than eight-acres, with stunning views across landscaped gardens and Bray Lake, the New Thames Hospice has; 28 en-suite inpatient bedrooms. The Day-Centre offers a range of therapeutic services and activities. A new Education Centre dedicated to promoting palliative care excellence to hospice staff also offers education to others in the local community.

The hospice has a reinforced multi-storey exposed concrete frame, including a complex concrete structure in the ‘rotunda’, which is the focal point for the building forming the main entrance.

Thermal modelling analysis was undertaken to develop a natural ventilation and passively cooled solution. A zero-operation carbon solution was developed for the majority of the building and implemented through suitable construction materials (thermal mass) and strategically located operable windows and roof lights. The garden is a place of retreat and meditation with allusions to the transience of the life (with expressions of seasonality) that emphasise health-giving properties of the natural world. Enhancing nature and maximising biodiversity with a holistic approach between the building and the landscape. 

Thames Hospice’s new state-of-the-art facility officially opened by Her Majesty The Queen accompanied by HRH The Princess Royal.

Our world-class, state-of-the-art facility was developed with the needs of our patients at the very heart. This vision was shared by Andrew Scott who went above and beyond to complete the build in the most challenging of times last year. This exceptional building will enable us to continue to provide urgent palliative and end-of-life care to our growing community now and generations to come. Andrew Scott should be incredibly proud of their achievement.

Debbie Raven - ex-Chief Executive, Thames Hospice