HEALTHCARE ARCHITECTURE

Healthcare Architects in Suffolk

When designing for the healthcare sector, we focus on creating environments that promote operational efficiency while supporting patient, staff, and visitor well-being. We design spaces that are practical yet uplifting, incorporating natural light, flexible layouts, and state-of-the-art technology to foster healing and support healthcare professionals in their important work. Tailoring our work to meet the specific needs of each facility is essential to ensure that our designs offer a positive contribution to all users.

We believe that thoughtful healthcare design means strategic layouts, clear journeys, comforting aesthetics, technology incorporation, and, above all else, putting patient well-being at the very centre of all decisions. The importance of ensuring these environments are created with the perfect balance of practicality is our main focus, resulting in spaces that reinforce a sense of safety and trust for all users.

The benefits of working with a healthcare architect

By choosing architects who specialise in healthcare facilities, you benefit from their vast expertise, learned from years of applied experience. Our architects respect all healthcare facilities, from hospitals to care homes, ensuring each one is treated with the same amount of care and compassion. Working alongside our professionals means gaining a healthcare space designed to create a truly positive impact on staff, patients, visitors, and the surrounding community.

Specialist healthcare architects will prioritise patient comfort, safety, and experience above all else. With thoughtful human-centred design, you can help to reduce stress and anxiety, a crucial consideration for healthcare buildings.

Our architects will ensure spaces are easy to navigate, creating clear and efficient journey routes. By paying close attention to strategic layouts, an architect can contribute greatly towards an overall positive experience for everyone who passes through the building. This ease of use also supports the elimination of bottlenecks and unnecessary movement, which not only contributes to happier and more productive staff but also faster response times, reduced risk of infection spread, and a more aesthetically pleasing and calming environment.

Successful healthcare architects won’t overlook sustainability. We are committed to crafting designs that reduce environmental impact, delivering spaces built for the future. By incorporating what we know of appropriate materials and techniques, we create low-energy-consuming environments with reduced carbon footprints, for a healthier planet, healthier future generations, and a healthier bottom line for your running costs.

Contact Us

a swimming pool in a bright building with vaulted glass ceiling and a viewing area with sofas to the right.

Why choose Wincer Kievenaar?

We firmly believe that the spaces in which we treat the sick and vulnerable must be designed to the highest standards. Ensuring the comfort, safety, and well-being of everyone using these buildings, from patients to staff members, is our top priority, found in the very heart of every design decision we make.

Our clients trust us with their healthcare projects because of our thoughtful and human-centred approach. We leave nothing overlooked, making certain that operational needs are met through efficient layouts and spatial strategy, while addressing personal needs by carefully considering how dignity, privacy, and comfort can be achieved.

From care home to hospital architecture, we use our over forty years of experience to deliver detailed projects designed with intention. Wincer Kievenaar offers consistent results, alongside transparent and genuine support throughout the journey.

We continue to produce balanced spaces designed to meet and exceed the needs of users, all while utilising the most sustainable routes. We carefully consider the community and environment in which the healthcare facilities will sit, ensuring spaces that give back in look, feel, and purpose.

Collaborate on your healthcare architecture project with us and discover how working alongside experienced professionals can elevate the journey.

a care home building with large windows in the sunshine, with a life-size chess board out in the courtyard.

AWARDS

Year Award Project
2024 LABC East Anglia - Best Individual New Home Woodfield, Sproughton
2022 RIBA Suffolk - Craftsmanship Award House in Suffolk
2020 RIBA Suffolk - Design Award Newmarket Academy Library Extension
2019 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Craftsmanship Award Goldsmiths Mansion
2018 RICS - Highly Commended Design Monkey Lodge
2017 RIBA Suffolk - Design Award Monkey Lodge
2017 RIBA Suffolk - Craftsmanship Award Monkey Lodge
2016 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Craftsmanship Award House in Suffolk
2015 Suffolk Coastal Quality of Place - Winner of Non Residential class Design Award Maritime House
2015 The Ipswich Society - High Commendation Park Road
2015 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Craftsmanship Award Frogs Hall
2014 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Craftsmanship Award Landex Office
2013 RIBA Suffolk - Design Award Preston Manor House
2013 RIBA Suffolk - Craftsmanship Award Preston Manor House
2012 Suffolk Coastal Quality of Place - Highly Commended Design Levington House
2012 RIBA Suffolk - Design Commendation
2012 RIBA Suffolk - Design Award Sealey Marketing Suite
2012 RIBA Suffolk - Craftsmanship Award
2012 The Ipswich Society - Commendation Northfields
2011 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Design Award
2011 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Design Award
2011 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Design Award Suffolk Yacht Harbour Chandlery
2010 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Design Award Broomheath Cottage
2010 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Craftsmanship Award Kirton Housing
2010 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Craftsmanship Award
2009 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Craftsmanship Award Broomheath Cottage
2008 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Craftsmanship Award
2008 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Craftsmanship Award Latimer House
2008 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Craftsmanship Award House in Bentley
2008 RIBA East - Spirit of Ingenuity St Josephs College Prep School
2008 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Design Award St Josephs College Prep School
2007 The Ipswich Society - High Commendation
2007 The Ipswich Society - High Commendation St Josephs College Prep School
2007 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Design Award
2006 The Ipswich Society - High Commendation
2006 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Design Award Old Buckenham Hall School, New Class block and Science Facility
2005 RIBA East - Spirit of Ingenuity Lavenham Village Hall
2005 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Craftsmanship Award
2004 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Craftsmanship Award
2002 The Ipswich Society - High Commendation
2002 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Craftsmanship Award
2001 The Bury St Edmunds Society - Architectural Award
2000 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Craftsmanship Award
2000 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Craftsmanship Award
1998 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Craftsmanship Award
1995 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Craftsmanship Award
1993 Suffolk Association of Architects (SAA) - Craftsmanship Award
1992 Civic Trust - Commendation for a Contribution to the Quality and Appearance of the Environment
1990 Civic Trust
CIAT logoArchitects Registration Board logo

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

“Wincer Kievenaar project managed our build from start to finish. They helped us to navigate our first project and were extremely professional. We particularly appreciated their eye for detail and their straightforward approach. Thank you!”

Simon Blackmore
lavenham pharmacy shopfront with whitewashed walls and a blue door.

FEATURED HEALTHCARE PROJECTS

Our healthcare design work speaks of comfort, sensitivity, and efficiency. Explore what we’ve achieved and find inspiration for your own project.

MEET THE
TEAM

Meet the committed architects, designers, technicians, and operations team who bring Wincer Kievenaar’s healthcare projects to life.

Philip Branton

Director / MCIAT

Craig Western

Director / Architect 

James Rush

Associate / MCIAT

Staszek Stuart-Thompson

Associate / Architect

Ellie Betham

Architect / Certified Passive House Designer

Scott Crane

Architectural Technician

Lee Dutnall

Senior Technician

Vicky Mann

Marketing Assistant & Office Administration 

Mark Roberts

Senior Technician / Energy Assessor

Aoife Coyle

Architectural Assistant

Francisco da Silva

Architectural Assistant 

Steven Swaby

Senior Architect 

Mark Wilding

Senior Technician 

Jake Wilson

Architect

Megan Clarke

Architect

GET IN TOUCH

When you’re ready to take the next step, our experienced healthcare architects are here to help. Based in Hadleigh, Suffolk, we work on projects across the East of England.

Wincer Kievenaar
Atelier House
Magdalen Road
Hadleigh
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP7 5AD

T / 01473 827992

E / [email protected]

a care home in a georgian style set out with a square in the middle.

Contact Form