Sprunt to create extra care flats for Origin Group

Residential care home to receive 3.3m GBP modernisation programme

In a pledge by the Department of Health to provide 979 extra care homes for older people and learning disabled adults across England, London-based architects Sprunt, specialists in urban and property renewal strategies has been granted planning permission to create 35 extra care flats with support facilities at residential care home, Mora Burnet House in Swiss Cottage, north-west London for SPH Housing, part of the Origin Group.

Works to 1970s built Mora Burnet House include the introduction of a new floor at roof level to accommodate the 35 flats as well as improved communal facilities and refurbishment of the building's main entrance and facade to provide a more modern, welcoming environment.

Mora Burnet House is one of the first extra care housing projects of its kind in the London Borough of Camden.

Such projects are designed to support independent living, encouraging older people to remain as independent as possible for as long as possible.

It takes in to account the population's anticipated longer life expectancy by providing older people with their own homes and necessary care and support, tailored to the individual's needs.

"Extra care housing is an interesting initiative that touches us all in one way or another," pointed out Ken Hughes, director, Sprunt.

"There certainly are satisfying challenges in creating accommodation that can provide a personable and less institutionalised feel, whilst still providing discreet support." New internal design ideas and details are included in the GBP 3.3 million modernisation programme which is due to start on site this autumn.

About Sprunt Established in 1988, London-based Sprunt is one of the UK's leading urban regeneration specialists, offering an unmatched combination of strategic, architectural, building and management solutions for housing, health and education clients.

Specialising in sustainable mixed-use buildings, the practice is responsible for many highly-acclaimed community renewal projects.

These include the remodelled King's Cross Estate, Monteith Estate in Tower Hamlets, Pepys Estate in Lewisham, Stonebridge HAT and Poplar HARCA.

In education, Sprunt's experience ranges from the redevelopment of special need schools to the complete design and build of new city learning centres throughout London.

And in addition to having worked on a number of major primary and community healthcare projects in the UK and overseas, Sprunt is health planner, design team leader and architect for the Community Solutions for Primary Care (CSPC) consortium, appointed for Camden and Islington LIFT.

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