Architype designed this new development for Hounslow and Spelthorne Community Mental Health Trust, which comprises a single storey respite unit for elderly mental patients containing ten single bedrooms, and a large primary healthcare centre. The Primary Care Centre includes:

• Two GP practices

• A treatment and minor surgery suite

• A community dentist

• Extensive clinic facilities

• Staff accommodation

• Offices for local community services

Within a tight budget and on a restricted site the design is as non-institutional as possible, with light and air brought into the circulation spaces through large rooflights.