Architect and Builder August/September 2019 | Page 32

Lobby
Visitors enter the building from Park Lane into
the common lobby and reception area that also
accommodates a coffee shop. Each visitor is
provided with a card that only allows access
to the floor required, creating a further level of
security within the building. The lobby incorporates
greening in the form of planted walls, planters
and large, free standing trees in order to bring
the outside landscape into the building. The lush
lobby experience is complemented by the outside
streetscape landscaping on Park Avenue.
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Terraces
Part of the design brief was to ensure that
tenants had access to private terraces, and this
is accommodated by providing both private and
communal terraces on floors throughout the
building, allowing for outside access without the
need to leave the building. Larger work functions
are most comfortably accommodated by opening
up the floor space to the terrace.
Due to the fact that all rain water has to be
attenuated from the building, each terrace
is designed with approximately half a metre
1 Park Lane