The new Chemistry of Health Centre is an annexe to the existing Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. The building provides new specialist laboratories, analytical facilities, offces and meeting rooms. It will house research groups who are effecting a step change in basic and transitional research on molecular approaches to combat modern pandemics such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and Type II diabetes. The building promotes the translation of these discoveries into clinical and commercial applications, providing the infrastructure required for innovative academic-industrial partnerships, beneftting human health and the UK economy. The building which is set within the Central Conservation Area includes a semi-public plaza and has bridge links back to the existing Chemistry Department and CMI building which houses the departmental library and ‘cybercafé’ facilities. The basement of the new fve-storey building contains specialist rooms which are also linked to existing research facilities within the CMI building. The design was developed as a Level 2 BIM project, and is on track to attain a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating.