Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa September/October 2013 | Page 60

PROJECT

Standard Bank
30 Baker Street, Rosebank,
Johannesburg
Client
Standard Bank South Africa
Architects & Principal
Agents
Grosskopff Lombart
Huyberechts & Associates
Quantity Surveyors
Norval Wentzel Steinberg
Consulting Engineers:
Structural Civil & Façade
Pure Consulting
Electrical
Claassen Auret Incorporated
Mechanical
Adaptive Resources Engineers
RPP Consulting Engineers
(Tri-Generation Plant)
Audio Visual & Acoustic
Pro-Acoustic Consulting
Engineers
Fire Consultant
Specialised Fire Technology
Wet Services Consultant
GK Pereira Consulting
Lift/Escalator Consultants
TÜV SÜD South Africa Real
Estate Services

Standard Bank
At the edge of Rosebank’s urban district, a new
landmark has emerged - the stylish new addition to the
Standard Bank of South Africa’s Johannesburg Campus

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t the edge of Rosebank’s urban district, a new landmark has emerged - the stylish
new addition to the Standard Bank of South Africa’s Johannesburg Campus. The
65,000m2 office complex, known as 30 Baker Street, will house a workforce of 5,000
in two large footprint buildings of nine and eleven floors connected by a generous central
glass atrium. The expansive glazed skin of the structure blurs the boundaries between inside
and outside, emulating Standard Bank’s core value of transparency and connecting people.
Accessible to the public, a hectare of landscaped piazza provides a pleasant approach to the
entrance and a green breakaway environment above a super basement of 5 parking levels.
Design Vision
When construction started in 2010, Grosskopff Lombart Huyberechts Architects’ vision was
to create a lasting, yet progressive, comfortable workplace for their forward thinking client.
Passive design principles and world-class technology have been integrated in every facet
and the project has since been awarded a 5-Star GBCSA Greenstar design rating and is on

Green Star Consultant
WSP Green by Design
Interior Des Yۂ