WALKERVILLE VETERINARY CLINIC: NEW CUSTOM BUILT CLINIC
ADELAIDE COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE BY KHAB ARCHITECTS
The Walkerville Vet Clinic is a small building on a large scale, responding to civil and commercial priorities with a residential and personal feel. Public art and a dramatic walkway boldly present to the street, and clients and their pets are drawn away from the hectic energy of North East Road into a calm retreat – an atypical clinic environment that is vibrant and tactile, while remaining peaceful and ordered. It is an economical yet unique building that operates and appears as a professional clinic, while maintaining the friendly domestic nature of a suburban family vet practice. The Walkerville Vet is a high functioning clinical environment, an uplifting place to work in and visit, and a fascinating place to wizz past by car.
“The Walkerville Vet building is unique in being a veterinary practice of two halves that fit seamlessly together. Modern clinical and hospital areas exist alongside extensive natural light, colour and joinery without contradiction. Pet owners report that their anxieties are allayed by the open, welcoming introduction and then by the transition to professional patient care areas when needed. Vets’ and nurses’ working environment is enhanced by bright, open spaces with wide, straight access and efficient workflows, essential for carrying or moving animals.”
Dr Andrew Spanner (Walkerville Vet Clinic)