Central London is awash with royal colleges aligned to what seems like every professional institution under the sun. In fact, they are such a familiar background component of the city’s urban fabric that thought is rarely spared for what a royal college is and what exactly it does. But these are questions that architect Bennetts Associates has been forced to address in its latest project, the new £44m home of the Royal College of Pathologists in Aldgate on the eastern fringes of central London.

也许是让电视上的一代在犯罪现场鉴证取证中长大失望的是，病理学与尸体的关系相对较少。在皇家病理学院的11500名成员中，只有72名是法医病理学家。绝大多数成员在生活中研究疾病控制、临床诊断、输血、微生物学和糖尿病等专业。

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