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breaks. At all times, the architectural focus is on
creating positive quality working environments.
Each office floor is served by a core of toilets and
tea kitchens co-located with the lift bank.
Materials and Aesthetic
The architectural expression is modern but time-
less. The curtain-wall façade creates a seamless
whole, even though the building can be divided
internally into many offices, and even slides past
the balcony spaces to create the impression of a
hanging glass sheet.
The openable glazing combines vision panels
allowing ample light and views, with spandrel
panels to allow for plenty of bookshelves in each
chamber. Integrated façade aerofoils modulate
the north-western façade exposure. Blinds
offer personalised glare control internally. The
glass façade is married with a beat of staggered
vertical stone elements in shades of travertine
together with broader panels of darker granite,
and planted screens grounding and dematerialising
the mass of the building. Simple pared back
concrete columns establish a rhythm around the
base of the building.
To the rear façades a crisp self-coloured render
in two warm shades of grey has been applied to an
extremely precise brickwork façade with regular
punch windows which seems to float like a mask
over the ground floor and corner feature continuous
glazing elements. These tactile materials in their
natural state set the tone for the palette inside
which combines the clean modern finishes of
smooth concrete, stone, glass, elegantly-patterned
porcelain, brass, and warm timbers.
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