SGI Capability Presentation

Capability Presentation 01/2012

Bulgaria

INTERNATIONAL

Company Credentials and supporting information

Contents

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Stephen George & Partners, Leicester office


Contents

Stephen George International

Introduction 5
Experience 8
Experience - Masterplanning 10
Experience - Office & Business Parks 20
Experience - Logistics & Industrial Building 34
Experience - Public Buildings 52
Experience - Bulgaria 58
Experience - Animation and CGI 75
Experience - Collaborative 76
Project Team 84
Company Credentials 104
Health & Safety Policy 110
Sustainability Policy 119
Sustainability Awards 123

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introduction

After our UK success, Stephen George International has been established in the belief that
expansion overseas will create new opportunities. Our approach is to work in partnership,
enabling us to learn from others and share our knowledge so that we can deliver projects
sensitive to local culture and requirements, but grounded in our own expertise. These are our
core strengths of masterplanning, sustainability and logistics. This collaborative approach has
been received enthusiastically and is providing us with better access to local markets, developers
and agencies. Using high speed data management systems the operation is seamless, giving
internationally based teams instant access to information and knowledge across the business
and immediate back-up support from our offices in the UK.

In partnership, we can deliver high quality solutions around the world. We are currently looking
at projects in the West Indies, China, Europe and the Middle East. Founded in 1970, Stephen
George & Partners has established itself as one of the UK’s leading architectural practices.
Stephen George & Partners is placed in the ‘Top 100’ practices by the Architects’ Journal and
has recently been included in the ‘Top 100 Companies to work for’ listing in The Sunday Times.

We have extensive experience within both the private and public sectors, offering quality
architectural design services supported by technical expertise. Commitment to quality, service
and innovation are the basis of our practice philosophy and working closely with our clients
is a key element of our success. We believe that the foundations of good design lie in strong
relationships.

Our varied and diverse portfolio of work demonstrates our success in most sectors of the
construction industry. Our ability to respond rapidly to client requirements, resolve complex
site issues and produce innovative design solutions is evident through our strong client base
Design Development Day and design portfolio. We believe our strength lies in the quality of our staff and the ability to
use our intellect and imagination

Our ISO 9001:2000 quality management system ensures that projects are managed efficiently
and effectively to meet the desired end result for all parties concerned in the design process. We
operate and are committed to an environmental policy designed to optimise sustainability in all
aspects of our work and we are currently working towards ISO14001 accreditation.


Key to Map

Our International Offices

Our International Portfolio
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introduction

Bulgaria

The Sofia office of Stephen George International serves as a centre for operating in the
Balkans and Eastern Europe.

The office was formed from a fusion of two local practices and Stephen George
International. The combining of expertise is seen as a logical progression for the company
and of huge benefit to our clients.

The office has experience in many architectural sectors including Masterplanning,
Industrial, Residential, Retail, Refurbishment and Interiors.

The team has considerable sustainability expertise and offer BREEAM Assesments and
consultancy as part of the full architectural package.

Our skills include production of marketing material, computer visualisations and graphic
design.

Alexander Daw - Director

Alexander Daw is an English Architect and has operated in Bulgaria since 2005.
During this period he has been involved in a number of projects throughout
Bulgaria, working as a design consultant. In 2005 he founded Oscar Architects and
has succeeded in attracting a varied client base from UK based REIT’s to Bulgarian
developers and local government.

Tihomir Kazakov - Director

Tihomir Kazakov is one of Bulgaria’s leading young Architects and was asked to join

Stephen George International as our primary partner and Director of the Sofia

Office. He founded Grupa Kazakov in 2004 and has demonstrated some exceptional

design skills through this period of operation.
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EXPERIENCE

MASTERPLANNING OFFICE & BUSINESS PARKS INDUSTRIAL & DISTRIBUTION

PUBLIC BUILDINGS BULGARIA COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

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EXPERIENCE

At Stephen George International we are passionate about our
projects. Our designs speak for themselves.
Stephen George & Partners has collected a number of awards
over the years, and we have enjoyed the design journey with
our clients. We pride ourselves on delivery of quality, whether
the project is large or small.
Our architects design with flair, and we design for the future.
We want both our buildings and our relationships to last. We
are interested not just in designs and masterplans, but in the
impact we have on people’s lives. We also want that impact to
be sustainable, in line with our clients’ aspirations.
The following section gives an insight into a selection of our
projects.

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Experience - masterplanning

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Introduction
Stephen George & Partners has many years’ experience of “ The production and presentation of a masterplan plays a key
masterplanning complex and diverse sites, combining strong role in the planning and development processes but is no easy
design with commercial realism to produce coherent and task - very few can do it well.
deliverable strategies. Stephen George & Partners will give you a master class in
Our main objective is to maximise the efficient, effective masterplanning - their work is always imaginative, responsive,
and economic use of land and buildings, whilst avoiding realistic, persuasive and elegantly presented. This is the gang
the unnecessary use of scarce resources. We work closely you want on your side in the creation of high quality, feasible
with clients, suppliers and stakeholders to ensure that each and beneficial schemes.
proposal is sensitive to the locality and provides a positive and Not only that, but as everyone knows, the going can be tough
viable framework for development. and it’s helpful to have a sense of proportion and a sense of
We have an in-house quality management system which humour. At Stephen George & Partners you get both - so we
ensures that projects are managed efficiently and effectively like ‘em a lot.”
to meet the desired end result for all parties concerned. Our Will Antill of planning consultants, Holmes-Antill
expertise includes the marketing of a site and presentations
to clients and building occupiers. In addition, we can
supply CDM planning supervision, access auditing, project
management, production information, computer visualisation
and graphic design skills.

Stephen George & Partners operates and is committed to an “...Imaginative, responsive,
environmental policy designed to optimise sustainability in all
realistic, persuasive and
aspects of our work.
elegantly presented...”

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Weston Otmoor, Bicester, Oxfordshire
Weston Otmoor near Bicester was one of the successful entrants for the
Weston Ottmoor: A Carbon Neutral Eco Town Government’s Eco-Towns programme. Stephen George & Partners masterplanned
the site as part of the development consortium.

Macrobiotic power generation is proposed for the new community, which will be
linked to greenhouse horticulture. A by-product of the process is organic fertiliser
which can then be used to provide nutriment for a market garden enterprise.

Materials should be naturally renewable and as far as possible should be locally
sourced to reduce the energy input relating to their transport.

Energy efficiency in both the design and construction of the development at every
level will be maximised. Material resources and their carbon footprint will be
calculated to establish as near a zero carbon footprint as is realistic.

Key Features of the Development

• 1,532 Hectares

• 20,000 New homes

• 40 Hectares of employment Land

• A Carbon Neutral Community

• Anaerobic CHP Plant

• Sustainable Transport System

• A Holistic Sustainable Communities

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EXPERIENCE - masterplanning

Waterfront City, Liverpool, Merseyside
Stephen George & Partners won Mersey Docks Harbour Board competition to
masterplan a major, mixed-use urban village in Liverpool’s Victoria Docks. This is Liverpool Docks Redevelopment: World Heritage Site
part of a World Heritage Site which includes the famous Liver Building. Parking
proved to be a major issue in this high-density urban area. We came up with an
ingenious solution. Our plans involved draining the old dock, concealing a multi-
storey car park in its depths and then forming a shallow lid of water over the car
park to retain the appearance of the original dock. This innovative design included
plans for buildings - hotels and a casino - appearing to rise up out of the docks.


• Comprehensive mixed-use development

• World Heritage Site

• Housing, Commercial, Leisure & Retail

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SRFI Masterplanning: DIRFT 3

• 825 hectares

• 1 million sqm of Distribution

• Over £1 Billion Investment

• Integrated new SRFI

• Direct rail connection to buildings

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Glan Llyn: Newport’s Eastern Expansion

• 150 hectares

• 140,000 sqm of Industrial & Logistics

• 4,000 New Homes

• Schools, Retail, Leisure

• A New Sustainable Community

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Littlecombe, Dursley, Gloucestershire
In 2002, Stephen George & Partners was appointed masterplan architect for a new
37.5 hectare Sustainable Urban Community in Dursley, Gloucestershire.

Taking on board the clients aims and objectives, our design transformed the steep
valley brownfield site into a model of sustainable urban development.

This includes 600 new dwellings, 17,000 sqm (182,990 sqft) of industrial space
(including the relocation of the remaining factories on site), community facilities and
a training centre. Energy efficient design was stipulated at all stages and includes
one of the largest biomass district heating systems in the UK.

The site will achieve an overall CO2 saving of 30 per cent.

Littlecombe, Dursley, Gloucestershire
The Bridge, Dartford
The Bridge is an exemplary mixed-use development which forms part of the Thames
Gateway and fulfils the government’s vision to “kick-start the process of turning
Europe’s largest collection of brownfield sites into living, breathing communities
where people are proud to belong”.

The 100 ha (264 acre) site includes 176,000 sqm (1.89 million sqft ) of commercial
space and 1,500 homes, in addition to leisure facilities, a shopping centre and
primary school and an Innovation Centre for start up businesses.

Our designs integrate the mixed-use elements and minimise dependency on the
private car. Fastrack, a pioneering bus system, links The Bridge with Dartford,
Gravesend and the Bluewater shopping and leisure complex. Its buses run on a
dedicated route that avoids local traffic and includes a new bridge over the M25.

The Bridge, Dartford

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Grange Park, Northamptonshire
The design brief called for a new community encompassing residential and
commercial development, including retail, recreation, community and education
facilities. The site, adjacent to Junction 15 of the M1, occupies 40 ha of land for
mixed housing and 30 ha for employment, interlinked with country parks and
greenways.
Through the establishment of a strong design framework, a balance between
individual identity and overall unity has been achieved in both the residential and
commercial zones of the development. Major infrastructure and enabling works
have ensured the village centre, housing and industrial zones are easily accessible,
but protected from motorway noise by structural embankment planting.

St Lucia
The extensive Grand Anse Beach development is a leisure, tourism and residential
based scheme centred around a new equestrian centre and horse race track. Grange Park, Northamptonshire

Alongside the racecourse are apartments associated with racing. Premium apartments
have balconies overlooking the race course. Apartments facing away from the race
course overlook an inland beach, complete with a promenade, palm trees, shade
canopies and recliners.
The existing beach (Anse) is to remain intact and undisturbed in order to protect the
habitat of the leatherback turtles. It is felt important that the context of the beach be
retained and protected with a belt of landscape, which enhances the beach setting.
Views from the beach looking inland should be framed by this landscaped edge and
used to screen the new development areas from the beach. The beach and its setting
are thus protected.
The residential areas beyond the racecourse are encapsulated by a new and the
existing forest. The forest provides shade and shelter to each residential hamlet.
Within each hamlet extensive tree planting is undertaken to help contribute to the
shading/cooling of the immediate environment. Water features by way of private
swimming pools, public fountains and watercourses also help to cool the immediate St Lucia
surroundings. Natural cooling takes place by utilising/taking advantage of the
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New Stoke Village, Coventry, West Midlands
The 32 ha former Peugeot car manufacturing plant was transformed as part of an
extensive redevelopment programme. The proposals include a new UK headquarters
building, a technical centre and sports and recreation facilities for Peugeot.

The balance of the masterplan contains a new residential quarter, district centre,
office and retail facilities.

New Stoke Village, Coventry, West Midlands
RAF Upwood
The project will comprise a mixed use commercial and residential development
implemented in several phases. Planning permission will be sought for approximately
650 dwellings, for a local centre, and for employment development. The project
seeks to provide a sustainable development providing additional housing and
employment for the area. The provision of housing will include an appropriate
proportion of affordable housing.

At this stage a single wind turbine and biomass boiler are being considered for the
development. Development proposals are considering the Code For Sustainable
Homes (CSH) and it is planned that the development provides Code Level 4 or 5
housing.

RAF Upwood

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RAF Alconbury, Cambridgeshire
The masterplan for this former airbase will provide 9,000 new houses on the 413 ha
site. The site has significant ecological constraints and contains a number of listed
buildings which will be retained as part of the proposals. A new rapid transit system,
retail, community and education facilities will ensure that the development is fully
sustainable.

In addition to the residential element a new business park will provide significant
employment opportunities.

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Heanor
Prepared as a response to Local Authority/Parish Council requirements to fulfil a
perceived housing shortfall within the Heanor Parish.

The land was a former open cast coal mine that was abandoned in the 1980s and
subsequently filled in and then left to establish its own wildlife habitat. Our brief was
to provide a new housing settlement which linked in with the existing community
but had to have an identity of its own that enabled it to provide a fulfilling living,
social and community spirit in its own right. Development was restricted to specific
areas to avoid contamination and the ‘High Wall’ left by the historic coalmining
activities. The development avoids the ‘High Wall’ and areas of worst contamination,
which in turn has helped define the new ‘Village Green’ around which the new
development occurs.

Heanor

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Experience - offices & business parks

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Introduction
Our work in the commercial workplace sector goes back to the founding of the
practice in 1970. Later work has covered the commercial spectrum, from small
speculative offices and control rooms to headquarters buildings. This brochure
illustrates our recent work in the commercial offices sector.

Our interest in sustainable design is equally lifelong; we were commissioned to
research passive solar energy collection by the European Commission back in 1978
Recognising the need to adhere strictly to budgets, we have developed strategies for
sustainable design that are cost-effective for our clients to implement.

Many recent projects have required us to assemble a brief for the building which
meets the client’s unspoken aspirations and needs. This has meant working closely
with developers, funders and planners to develop a brief which meets the project
team’s needs and budget.
Blythe Valley, Solihull, West Midlands
This close relationship with developers and other stakeholders is the basis of a good
design. We aim to add value to ensure that the timescale, budget and brief are met
with a sustainable design for a beautiful building.

Peugeot Citroen Automobiles UK LTD, Coventry, Warwickshire

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Blythe Valley Park: High Tech Business Park

• 111,000 sqm of Office Space

• High Technology / IT Hub

• Inward Investors

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EXPERIENCE - offices & business parks

Exeter Skypark: High Tech Business Park

• 111,000 sqm of Offices & Industrial

• Highly Sustainable

• Biomass CHP

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Nottingham Business Park, Nottinghamshire
Following a competition, Stephen George & Partners was appointed masterplan
architect for this comprehensive 47 ha business park. The scheme consists of 74,320
sqm of high quality offices in a countryside setting.

The integration of the built form into the existing and new landscape was an
overriding consideration in our design concept. This, linked with a comprehensive
programme of on and off site infrastructure works, has created a development of
distinctive character and quality.


Pegasus Business Park, East Midlands Airport,
Leicestershire
Stephen George & Partners was appointed to evaluate the existing masterplan for
Pegasus Business Park, to implement changes and carry the scheme forward to
completion over an eight year period.

The 24 ha site, adjacent to the M1 and East Midlands Airport, has a capacity for
65,000 sqm of B1 and hotel use. The development has involved extensive on and
off site infrastructure, including services, drainage, road creation and plateauing.

Working closely with all disciplines within the design team, a coherent and cohesive
masterplan strategy has been developed, creating a high quality business park
capable of attracting inward investment and corporate relocations.

Pegasus Business Park, East Midlands Airport Leicestershire

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Grove Park, Leicestershire
A major business park of some 42 hectares providing a net developable area of 32
hectares in the heart of the East Midlands at Junction 21, M1/M69 Interchange, with
just 3.6 hectares left for office development.

With the parkland setting providing an excellent office campus environment and a
separate area for warehousing and industrial buildings, Grove Park is the premier site
for new offices in the Midlands.

Grove Park will ultimately comprise approximately 116,000 sqm. of offices,
production and distribution space, together with the four star Marriott Hotel.

The site includes generous amounts of landscaping, including a 2 hectare lake.
We also have the highest car parking ratio of 1:20 sqm, superior building design
combined with excellent construction completes an ideal business environment.

Grove Park, Leicestershire

Chellaston Business Park, Derbyshire
The proposed indicative masterplan shows a possible layout of buildings and spaces
which illustrates how the site could be developed to achieve a positive high quality
development. Based on assessment of location and site conditions, the masterplan
envisages a high quality development that aims to sit comfortably within the
landscape by using a combination of water and landscaped areas as key elements to
enhance the scheme whilst responding to its surroundings.

Within the overall design framework, individual plot development will respond to the
needs of the occupier. Key buildings will be designed to enhance the development
through key focal points and vistas to create a sense of place, public and private
realms and formal and informal spaces.

Chellaston Business Park, Derbyshire

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Peugeot Citroen UK Headquarters
• High Quality Office Building

• 12,000 sqm


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Centrica Headquarters Building

• High Quality Office Building

• 12,000 sqm


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Centrica, Blythe Valley Park, Solihull, West Midlands
The design for a regional headquarters building for Centrica provides 11,148 sqm
of office space on three floors, with a large three storey atrium at its heart. To
meet Centrica’s requirements, the building had to be operational within a 54 week
programme.

To achieve the tight time scale, the building was designed as a simple ‘H’ form
enclosed by a skin of curtain walling, which allowed early access for the fit out
contractor. A second layer of external shading, walkways and feature panels gave
the building a strong architectural presence.

This office for 1,200 staff houses a range of functions, including a customer care
centre, regional conference facilities, cyber café and office space.

Centrica, Blythe Valley Park, Solihull, West Midlands

Probation Service, Cobden Street, Leicester
The Probation Service needed a new building to bring together departments housed
in unsatisfactory accommodation around Leicester. The brief included workshops,
meeting and training rooms, interview rooms and offices for staff.

There are two blocks of accommodation, each with bookend stair towers, staggered
on plan and connected by a central core of circulation and services. The concept
responds to the site shape, to changing views of the building on the approaches
from east and west, and to the principles of environmental design.

Passive principles of thermal storage and night time cooling avoid the need for
air conditioning. A plan depth of 12 metres and careful window design result
in predicted daylight factors generally above two per cent and effective natural
ventilation (predicted using Computational Fluid Dynamic modelling). Predicted
energy consumption is 50 per cent of a typical office building and 10 per cent better
Probation Service, Cobden Street, Leicester than current ‘best practice’.

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Following a competition, Stephen George & Partners was appointed masterplan
architect for this comprehensive 47 ha business park.

The scheme consists of 74,320 sqm of high quality offices in a countryside setting.
The integration of the built form into the existing and new landscape was an
overriding consideration in our design concept. This, linked with a comprehensive
programme of on and off site infrastructure works, has created a development of
distinctive character and quality.

We have recently secured planning permission for the next phase of the development
consisting of four fully naturally ventilated offices. The next phase was designed to
meet Nottingham City Council’s policy on CO2 emission reduction.


Ashfield Homes, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Stephen George & Partners has designed and built a contemporary office building
for Ashfield Homes in Sutton in Ashfield. The building houses the call centre,
administration, and training facilities for Ashfield Homes.

The site was a restricted infill plot with party wall issues on two sides. The design
solution was to provide a naturally ventilated floor plate. Solar gain is combined
using mesh and louvred brise soleil externally and the internal blinds provide use
flexibility to the internal environment.

Our design concept was to create a contemporary building in its urban context that
would define the city block and would act as a catalyst for future projects.

Ashfield Homes, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire

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CSA Parklands, Falkirk, Scotland
The project to construct a new building adjacent to the current CSA Parklands
follows from a requirement to undertake extensive structural remedial works to the
existing building.

A feasibility study determined that Parklands House would need to be partially
decanted for work to be undertaken; this would also accommodate potential
business expansion of the CSA operation at Parklands.

The building is proposed as a three storey building, divided into two wings, which
is connected with a central atrium circulation space. It has been a key design
parameter to create a sustainable building, which will achieve a high BREEAM
score. The design incorporates solar water heating and rainwater recycling, and
considers wind and solar power generation. Despite this, the building will require
comfort cooling, primarily due to the occupation density. It is proposed to use
CSA Parklands, Falkirk, Scotland
chilled beams with an exposed structure to provide one of the most efficient forms
of cooling.

The Bridge, Dartford, Kent
The 100 ha site includes 176,000 sqm of commercial space and 1,500 homes,
in addition to leisure facilities, a shopping centre and primary school and an
Innovation Centre for start up businesses.

The design of the buildings complement the prominent location of the site and
have created a development of regional and national importance. Our intelligent
and holistic masterplan allows buildings to relate to each other and their
surroundings. This approach, together with the implementation of a bold and
distinctive landscape scheme, creates a strong identity and sense of place.

The Bridge, Dartford, Kent

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Bede Island, Leicester
Stephen George & Partners was responsible for the masterplanning and the design
of five high quality and distinctive units, comprising 150,000 sqft of floor space
when complete. SGP transformed this speculative office unit into a new Business
School for De Montfort University. During the fit-out, we were commissioned to
design a 204 seater lecture theatre, attached to the speculative unit.

The Business School attracts students from the UK and overseas and the first unit
was occupied in 1998 by De Montfort University Business School.

Experian Nottingham Bede Island, Leicester

Containing 15,329 sqm of office accommodation, constructed in four phases,
Experian forms the focal point of a larger mixed use development at Nottingham
Riverside Park. The masonry elevations respond to the occupiers’ brief for a
traditional building style to create a strong statement on one of Nottingham’s
major arterial routes into the city centre.

The design solution and careful selection of quality materials realises the occupier
aspirations yet provides modern, flexible office accommodation.

Experian Nottingham

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Cornwall House, Blythe Valley Park
Cornwall House is located at the heart of the prestigious 111,480 sqm Blythe
Valley Business Park in Solihull. The £2.5 m development provides 2,500 sqm
of flexible accommodation catering for a variety of office, retail and A3 uses,
including the Park Management Centre.

Sited adjacent to a medieval moat, the design responds to the site constraints
and topography to create a building that acts as a strong focal point for the
development. The combination of masonry, glass and steel provides a crisp
contemporary form highlighted by the striking use of blue glass blocks in the
feature tower. The sweeping glass façade provides uninterrupted views across the
41 hectare country park overlooking the River Blythe.

Cornwall House, BlytHe Valley Park

Vodaphone, Blythe Valley park
Completed in December 2000 as a pre-let for Vodaphone, Plot D3 provides 3,716
sq m of accommodation on two floors. The building is based on an ‘H’ shaped
plan allowing the building to be sub let in four 929 sq m units.

The ‘H’ shaped office floorplate wraps around a dramatic three storey high planar
glazed reception which acts as a focal point for the development. The use of
neutral colours, particularly silver, white and grey creates a crisp, clean exterior
highlighted by opaque green spandrel panels at first floor level.

The external envelope is a combination of curtain walling and flat panel cladding
with an integrated brise soleil at ground floor level. The crisp lightweight shell
is complemented by the rear landscaped courtyard with its pleached trees and
clipped hedges.

Vodaphone, Blythe Valley park

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Powergen HQ, Pegasus International Business Park
Stephen George & Partners was appointed to evaluate the existing master plan for
Pegasus Business Park, to implement changes and carry the scheme forward to
completion over an eight-year period.

The 24 hectare site, adjacent to the M1 and adjoining East Midlands Airport has a
capacity for 65,000 sqm of B1 and hotel use.

The development has involved extensive on and off site infrastructure, including
services, drainage, roads and plateauing. Working closely with all disciplines within
the design team, a coherent and cohesive masterplan strategy has been developed
to create a high quality business park capable of attracting inward investment and
corporate relocations.

Powergen HQ, Pegasus InterantIonal BusIness Park

Church View, Seaham, Durham
Jobcentre and Offices for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP)

Church View in Seaham is a new building designed to accommodate community
facilities and offices. Commissioned by Land Securities Trillium, the building was
completed in an eight month build period. The two storey building provides 800
sqm of floorspace and the project value was £1.5m.

A steelwork frame, pre-cast floors, stair and a lightweight zinc clad roof provides
a basis for the palette of materials. Material choice was strongly influenced by
environmental concerns. A critical part of achieving a BREEAM rating of ‘Excellent’
was the maximum use of products with an environmental ‘A’ rating.

Church View, Seaham, Durham

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Experience - logistics & industrial buildings

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Introduction Stephen George & Partners is consistently amongst the top three practices in
the UK operating within the distribution sector (The Architects’ Journal Quarterly
Stephen George & Partners has many years of experience in the masterplanning,
Surveys) and 60 per cent of our workload is in the distribution and industrial
design and delivery of industrial and distribution buildings. Often working on
sectors. We have over 150 live distribution and industrial projects ranging from
complex and diverse sites, we combine strong design skills with commercial
SME units to single buildings in excess of 93,000 sqm (1 million sqft). We can
realism to produce coherent and deliverable strategies which provide the
quickly generate plans to deliver any project from a single, individual building plot
optimum solution.
to a site-wide masterplan of a whole new industrial quarter or logistics park.
Our main objective is to maximise the efficient, effective and economic use
Stephen George & Partners has co-authored Chapter 15 (Industrial Storage
of land and buildings, whilst avoiding the unnecessary use of scarce resources.
Buildings) of ‘The Metric Handbook - Planning & Design Data’, 3rd edition,
We work closely with clients, occupiers, contractors and other stakeholders to
which sets out the industry standard for the design of logistics buildings.
ensure that each proposal is sensitive to the locality and provides a positive and
viable framework for development now and in the future. Our clients include:
Astral Developments, Catesby Property Group, First Industrial Developments,
We have an in-house quality management system which ensures that projects
Gazeley, Goodman, Prologis Developments Ltd, Roxhill Developments Ltd,
are managed efficiently and effectively to meet the desired end result for all
Simons Group, St Modwen Developments Ltd, Wilson Bowden Developments
parties concerned. Our expertise also includes site marketing materials,
and we have delivered and are undertaking projects for occupiers such as Argos,
as well as presentations to clients and building occupiers and alongside
Barsaan, Bosch, Brantano, The Co-operative Group, Dunelm, Europa, Homebase,
design team co-ordination.
Kuehne+Nagel, Marks & Spencer, Monsoon, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Teva and
Wincanton.

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SRFI Masterplanning: Warrington Parkside

• 275 hectares

• 650,000 sqm floorspace


• Direct rail connection to buildings

• Business Centre

• Waste to Energy CHP

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Durham International Rail Freight Terminal

• 190 hectare Site

• 550,000 sqm of Logistics Space


• Residential and Offices

• Work in progress

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Baglan Bay: One of the UK’s Largest Regeneration Sites
With a development value of over £1billion this former BP chemical works is one
of the largest regeneration sites in Wales. The 477 ha brownfield site will, when
fully developed, contain 550,000 sqm of distribution, industrial and office space
along with two power stations and an energy park.

The site is heavily contaminated with onerous physical, ecological and legal
constraints making this a complex and challenging development.

Pineham
The award winning distribution park at Pineham, Northamptonshire is at the
cutting edge of sustainable industrial design. Its first phase warehouses have
a BREEAM rating of ‘Excellent’ and, before practical completion in October
2007, had already received the first European Green Award, the IAS Sustainable
baglan bay Achievement Award and the LEED Gold Award (a stringent environmental
assessment from the United States).

Pineham, our latest sustainable scheme for industrial / distribution warehouse
developer Prologis, is adjacent to the M1 in Northamptonshire. It will eventually
provide up to 148,640 sqm of distribution industrial warehousing, with a further
27,870 sqm of offices including a district centre and retail outlets.

A raft of sustainable design features sets Pineham’s initial buildings ahead of
the competition for carbon saving. These include a combined heat and power
plant, on site resource recycling unit, 15 per cent rooflights, intelligent low
energy lighting systems, wall mounted PV panels, solar walls and an extremely
airtight construction. Operating as a new distribution depot for the retail chain
Sainsbury’s, the main warehouse will be up to 75 per cent more effi cient than the
standard distribution shed.

Pineham

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Alconbury
This 413 ha former airbase will contain over 750,000 sqm of distribution space
when fully developed. Containing units of up to 100,000 sqm Alconbury will form
a major distribution hub for the midlands and east coast. The site will be rail linked
with both rail served buildings and a large rail freight interchange. The site also
has the potential to use the existing runways for air freight if this option is viable.

The site contains significant constraints including listed buildings, ecological
constraints and heavily contaminated ground conditions.

Alconbury

Kettering
ProLogis Park, Kettering comprises of approximately 2.2 million sqft of B1, B2 and
B8 accommodation and a 90 acre Linear Park. The site is located approximately 20
miles east along the A14 from the M1/M6 junction.

The Linear Park incorporates balancing ponds, providing on-site surface water
attenuation and the provision of a new football facility as well as trim track,
footpaths, bridleways and public art features.

Each building is designed within a prescribed style to ensure a visual cohesion to
the whole development. The size and scale of the elevations have been designed
with changes in colour and texture to reduce the overall mass and scale of the
building. The location of the offices has been carefully considered to maximise
visual impact at key pedestrian interfaces and provide visual interest to prominent
views into the site.
Kettering

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Corby Eurohub
The 107 ha Corby Eurohub development will contain 306,500 sqm of rail served
distribution space. Designed around and integrated rail freight interchange this
development will form a major distribution hub linking east coast ports with the
midlands.

The units are based on two flexible terraces which can be sub divided to suit
individual occupier requirements forming a flexible and efficient building footprint.

Corby Eurohub

Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal
Containing 1,750 sqm of rail served distribution the Daventry site was challenging
due to the complex levels, shape and existing constraints. Creating a workable rail
corridor was a key design generator involving numerous layout options developed
in conjunction with the rail consultant to create the optimum and most efficient
solution.

Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal

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Prologis Eastern Europe
Masterplanning of around 75 distribution sites throughout Eastern Europe for
Prologis Developments Ltd. In addition to masterplanning new sites our role was
to evaluate existing sites and produce feasibility studies to replan site layouts to
create maximum flexibility and efficiency.

Elimsan Turkey

Wakefield Europort
Stephen George & Partners was responsible for the design, planning and
construction details for a 250,000 sqft B8 distribution unit, as part of the wider
Europort development adjacent to the M62. The design included 11,500 sqft of
office accommodation situated on the frontage of the building, providing a visual
focus to the unit.

The building was designed as a speculative unit for Prologis Developments Ltd,
and then subsequently altered to accommodate specific tenant requirements for E.
Pawson & Sons Ltd, a local haulage firm. This included the extensive alteration of
the loading docks, provision of a canopy, a vehicle wash and the extension to the
lorry parking areas.

Wakefield Europort

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Marks & Spencer: Bradford

• One of the UK’s largest Distribution Units

• Over 275,000 sqm of floorspace

• 102,000 sqm building footprint


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Research & Technology - High Tech Units - Unilever • Pharmaceutical Research & Development

• Research and Manufacturing

• Highly flexible interior

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Specialist Distribution

• Major Pharmaceutical Distribution

• Ultra clean / Ultra secure

• State of the art automated MHE systems

• High quality low maintenance materials

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Manufacturing - Light Industrial Units - Peugeot

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SME Units, Castledown Business Park, Ludgershall,
Wiltshire
Regenerating this former Ministry of Defence site near Tidworth Barracks in
Wiltshire, Castledown Business Park will deliver 45,060 sqm of offices, industrial
and distribution space when completed, over 13.35 ha of brownfield land.

The scheme is a joint venture between St Modwen Developments Ltd and the
South West Regional Development Agency. Phase 1 of the development has
already delivered some 2,555 sqm of SME units, arranged around
a courtyard. With individual units ranging from 50 sqm to 300 sqm, this first
phase has been purchased by Wiltshire County Council to run as a Business
Support Centre to foster and encourage local ‘start-up’ businesses to grow in the
locale.

Sustainability was an important component of the masterplan and the
SME Units, Castledown Business Park, Ludgershall, Wiltshire
units have been designed and built to achieve a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating,
ensuring low running costs for occupiers.

SME Units, Littlecombe, Dursley, Gloucestershire
Phase 1 provides flexible Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) units ranging from
46 sqm to 464 sqm, based around a central courtyard. Flexibility is the keynote
and the units can be used for office, industrial or distribution uses, with the
capability to link units to create a range of units, sizes and configurations to meet
occupier requirements. This maximises commercial opportunities for the developer
during the marketing of the scheme

Sustainability was a key issue, as briefed from the outset of the scheme and
the units have been designed and built to achieve a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating.
In addition, a site-wide biomass district heating system will help to contribute
30 per cent of Littlecombe’s overall energy requirements from renewable
SME Units, Littlecombe, Dursley, Gloucestershire
resources. Coupled with the high specification of the building fabric,
these units will be extremely energy efficient in use, leading to significant
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Plot H, ProLogis Park Coventry, Warwickshire
Stephen George & Partners was appointed as masterplanner and architect for
Proogis Park Coventry by Prologis Developments Ltd, the leading global logistics
developers. Located 1.5 miles from M6 Junction 3, ProLogis Park Coventry consists
of more than 139,355 sqm (1.5 million sqft) of extensive warehouse space set
within a comprehensive landscape framework. Many of the large warehouse units
have rail connectivity in addition to conventional goods vehicle access, enabling
mixed-mode logistics operations.

Plot H includes a number of small to medium sized B1, B2 & B8 units ranging
from 2,135 sqm up to 9,660 sqm (23,000 sqft up to 104,000 sqft). Plots H1 & H4
were completed in December 2003 and July 2004 for Inkfish and Richard Austin
Alloys, respectively. H6 was completed in June 2006 for Barsan Global Logistics
with H2 and H5 completing in autumn 2007 as speculative units.
Plot H, ProLogis Park Coventry, Warwickshire

Interlink Park, Bardon, Leicestershire
In development for over ten years, Stephen George & Partners is appointed as
masterplanner and architect for this 61 ha (150 acre) development in northwest
Leicestershire close to Junction 22 of the M1. Commissioned by Wilson Bowden
Developments, Interlink Park provides approximately 186,000 sqm (2 million sqft).
Occupiers include; Antalis, Autoglass, Benson Box, Brantano, Copper Cable,
Laura Ashley, Nissan, Volvo and Waitrose.

Interlink Park, Bardon, Leicestershire

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Grange Park, Northampton, Northamptonshire
The challenging design brief called for a new community encompassing residential
and commercial development, including associated retail, recreation, community
and education facilities. The site, adjacent to Junction 15 of the M1, occupies
40 ha (99 acre) of development land zoned for housing and 30 ha (74 acre) for
employment, interlinked with generous country parks and greenways.

Through the establishment of a strong design framework, working closely
with the client (a joint venture between Frogmore Developments Ltd and
ProLogis Developments Ltd) and the local authority, a balance between
individual identity and overall unity has been achieved marrying both the
residential and commercial zones of the development together.

Grange Park, Northampton, Northamptonshire

Wace, Hinckley, Leicestershire
The client, a multinational printing and packaging company, commissioned
Stephen George & Partners in 1996 to bring several operations together
on this site in a bespoke solution on a very demanding programme.

Following a rapid evaluation of development alternatives, their preferred
option was to convert an existing large storage building into an air-conditioned
production space and a second industrial building into design studios and
workshops, with new offices being built to the front to unify the two buildings.

With minimal lead-in time, the £8m contract was completed within
12 months during which time the client maintained production round the clock.

Wace, Hinckley, Leicestershire

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Wells & Young’s Distribution Centre, G Park Bedford, chiller pipes to the cold store.
Bedfordshire
This new distribution centre for Wells and Young’s Brewing Company in Bedford
was completed in a remarkable 22 weeks on site. It includes a 10,900 sqm
(117,328 sqft) warehouse, internal accommodation for the brewery’s dray fleet,
and 800 sqm (8,610 sqft) three storey ancillary offices and welfare facilities.

The building has been created to be as sustainable as possible, including the
developer Gazeley’s ‘Eco-Initiatives’ design toolkit to reduce carbon and water use,
improve energy controls and provide some clean energy from renewable sources.

Rainwater harvesting, roof-mounted photovoltaics and a solar water system to
provide hot water are just some of the features that will save 208 tonnes of
carbon dioxide emissions a year, based upon the performance of a typical UK
logistics building.
Wells & Young’s Distribution Centre, G Park Bedford, Bedfordshire

Unit A, Essex Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
This project is the third phase of an industrial and distribution development
accessed via Ratys Lane, a private road off Essex Road, to one side of the railway
bridge crossing the London to Cambridge railway line to the east of the centre of
Hoddesdon. It has been commissioned by Goodman acting as developer and is
being fitted out for Wincanton Distribution.

The unit provides 18,580 sqm (200,000 sqft) of cold storage and is capable
of being fitted out to minus 25ºC with a highly insulated floor slab with
integrated heating pipes. The 930 sqm (10,000 sqft) two storey ancillary office
is south facing to maximise solar gain and daylight, whilst addressing the
primary frontage of the site.

The building achieved a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating; one of the innovative
features of the environmental design was the provision of a 230,000 litre Unit A, Essex Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire

storage tank for rainwater to be collected, treated and then cooled for the
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Prologis Park Pineham, Northamptonshire
The award winning distribution park of Pineham, Northamptonshire is at the
cutting edge of sustainable industrial design. Its first phase warehouses have
a BREEAM Excellent rating and, before practical completion in October 2007,
had already received the first European Green Award, the Industrial Agent’s
Society (IAS) Sustainable Achievement Award and the Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Award, which is a stringent environmental
assessment from the United States of America.

ProLogis Park Pineham is our latest sustainable scheme for market-leading
logistics developer ProLogis Developments Ltd, and is adjacent to Junction 15a
of the M1 in Northamptonshire. It will eventually provide up to 148,640 sqm
(1,600,000 sqft) of industrial and distribution warehousing, with a further
27,870 sqm (300,000 sqft) of commercial offices including a district centre
Grange Park, Northampton, ProLogis Park Pineham, Northamptonshire and some retail outlets.

A host of sustainable design features set Pineham’s initial buildings ahead of the
competition for carbon saving. These include a Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
plant, on-site resource recycling unit, 15 per cent rooflights with intelligent low
energy lighting systems to the warehouse space, wall mounted PV panels, solar
walls for space heating and an extremely airtight construction. Operating as a new
regional distribution centre for the retail chain Sainsbury’s, the main warehouse
will be up to 75 per cent more efficient than the typical UK warehouse building.

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ProLogis Park Sideway, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
Sideway is a flagship distribution park three miles from Stoke city centre.
Its 50,450 sqm (543,000 sqft) warehouse is a showcase and test bed for a
plethora of environmental features, which will be independently tested and
assessed for operational carbon efficiency.

The logistics and small business unit park, commissioned by Prologis Developments
Ltd, is designed to maximise renewable energy sources,
make the most of natural daylight, solar panels and reduce electric
lighting and subsequent warehouse heating costs.

In addition, construction materials will be recycled or reclaimed wherever possible.
The new building envelope is designed to reduce air leakage and heating costs
with south facing walls to soak up the heat from the sun, cutting back on space
heating, whilst rooflights increase natural daylight and conserve electricity.
The offices have natural ventilation with openable louvred vents for cooling.
Rainwater will be collected on the roof and recycled. The natural landscape
will be sensitively remodelled to preserve, enhance and create new habitats.

The local community will participate in the maintenance and day-to-day
enjoyment of the extensive amenity space on the site, while local school children
will find educational value in the ‘ecological corridor’ that runs through the park,
which will connect Sideway Road to the existing canal towpath.


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Experience - public buildings

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Introduction
Stephen George & Partners has extensive experience of the masterplanning, design
and delivery of mixed-use developments. Our schemes have ranged widely in
size, composition and style; each a resolution of their unique site, brief and local
planning policy. In each instance, the masterplan down to the detail design is
considered as part of its wider context, both culturally and commercially.

Often working on complex and diverse sites, we combine strong design skills with
commercial realism to produce coherent, deliverable and sustainable strategies.
We work closely with clients, planners, contractors and other stakeholders to
ensure that each proposal provides an optimum solution; a solution that more
than satisfies user requirements and statutory regulations, whilst also enhancing
and contributing to the public realm. Many of our schemes have represented
the ‘centre’ or ‘high street’ of development in a wider context; here we strive to
develop focus and identity, resolving community and sense of place. Meridian Business Park & Leisure, Leicester, Leicestershire

Loughborough Endowed Schools (LES) Music School, Loughborough, Leicestershire

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Loughborough Endowed Schools (LES) Music School,
Loughborough, Leicestershire
Building of the Year, Leicestershire ProCon Awards, 2007

Winner, Charnwood Design Awards, 2008

President’s Award Winner, Leicestershire and Rutland Society of Architects, 2008

Civic Trust Award, Loughborough District, 2008

“This must be one of the loveliest buildings available anywhere in which to
encounter music for young people,” said Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CBE, opening
the building in March 2007. “This is a space where music happens; it is alive!”

The £2.5m Music School is a dynamic, modern structure, designed to maximise
both light and sound. Its 1,700 sqm (18,300 sqft) are naturally lit and ventilated.
Isolating walls and ceilings help to ensure sound privacy between all teaching areas
including six classrooms, 18 practice rooms, percussion
studios and the impressive recital room. Since opening, the venue has become
a centre of musical learning for three local schools and an important showcase
for young talent.

The building is designed in two distinct curved elements separated by a glazed
atrium ‘street’ allowing daylight and sunshine into the heart of the building. The
curve responds to distant views of the building from the campus approach road;
expresses the fluidity of the music within; and aids good acoustics by eliminating
parallel walls.


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Dickens Heath Village Centre, Solihull, West Midlands
Stephen George & Partners was proud to be appointed masterplan architect for
Dickens Heath, a dynamic new village in the West Midlands. Our task was to
integrate 8,640 sqm (93,000 sqft) of retail and commercial development alongside
462 dwellings.

The design of the residential element addresses a wide range of social needs, from
studio apartments to large town houses. These form individual environments with
distinct character to encourage community life.

Dickens Heath is a vital and vibrant community. Its unique waterside development
is linked with other residential zones through a sequence of static and dynamic
urban spaces and pedestrian routes.

To maximise the diversity of the village, a wide range of mixed uses and activities
have been accommodated, creating an environment of genuine quality and
durability.


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Junction One, Rugby Retail Park, Warwickshire
Junction One is a modern retail and leisure park near Junction 1 of the M6.
Stephen George & Partners was asked to design a high quality complex that linked
the traditional and the modern. We delivered a successful design concept which
now houses a multi screen cinema, retail terrace, health and fitness facilities,
bowling alley and fast food restaurants. The park totals 13,935 sqm (150,000
sqft).

The design of the cinema was influenced by 1930s Art Deco architecture, with
curved entrance towers, ships balcony and masts, a theme that is carried through
the site in the choice of external materials. The overall design style is consistent,
unifying all buildings and aspects of the development.

Junction One, Rugby Retail Park, Warwickshire

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Magistrates’ Court, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Designed as a ‘model’ magistrates’ court for HM Court Service (HMCS) the £15.5
million development is arranged over three floors – a total area of around 3,437
sqm (37,000 sqft). The scheme provides four court rooms, an assembly hall, and a
custody area with cells, private open-plan offices, consultation and waiting rooms,
robing and retiring rooms and a van dock.

The designs for the court reflect its important civic status, while ensuring that it’s
approachable and easy to use. The new development has been tipped as a model
for future linear magistrates’ courts.

The scheme was designed in accordance with the high environmental assessment
standards set by HMCS, and needed to achieve a BREEAM rating of ‘Excellent’.
External materials include high quality reconstituted stone panels and facing brick.
Pre-oxidised copper-clad brise-soleil hangs two metres away from the front of the
building, and the external walls of the courtrooms are similarly clad with copper.


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Experience - BULGAria

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Office Building, Sofia

This project involved the design of a new office building opposite Paradise Mall in
Sofia. The design of the building needed to stand out whilst responding to the
diverse surrounding architecture. Due to the parameters of the site and the local
plan, the building was designed with neo-classical influences in order to maintain
and ephasise a natural geometry whilst keeping clean and contemporary outlines.

Natural materials combined with glass and steel elements enable a response to the
local vernacular whilst placing the building firmly within contemporary Sofia. The
glass and steel elements also provide a solution to the connectivity of the different
volumes whilst retaining a clear visual geometry and language.

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Low Carbon House, FCO, Sofia

The brief was to design and build a new dwelling on the site of the British
Ambassadors’ residence in Sofia, Bulgaria to house key Embassy staff. The project
needed to be contemporary in its approach, but responsive and sympathetic to the
existing site situation, and needed to meet the client’s spatial requirements. The
project also needed to demonstrate and promote innovation in British design, sus-
tainability and energy technologies.

The client emphasised the need for the prospective tenants to feel comfortable in
an enclosed and private space. Privacy and security were an issue - from the exist-
ing residence building, from the surrounding buildings and from the garden, and
needed to be balanced with the need for natural light and spatial requirements, and
were key factors in the development of the form and layout of the building.

The British and Foreign and Commonwealth office buildings are assessed and certi-
fied under a BREEAM specific bespoke accreditation scheme. The project aimed to
achieve a BREEAM Very Good - Excellent rating under this certification scheme. Its
main focus however, will be to achieve a zero carbon rating which will be assessed
through the Ene 01 section in the BREEAM FCO Bespoke scheme.

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Ingram Micro Offices, Sofia

This project involved the design and fit out for the Sofia offices of Fortune 100
company Ingram Micro. The project involved monitoring and mentoring of the
entire tenant fit out process, including the design and procurement of furniture and
graphics, as well as the interior design and space planning.

Emphasis was placed on sustainable design to ensure maximum energy efficiency,
thus reducing overheads. Access to light from all areas was considered as a priority,
and the final layout reflects this.

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Mercure Apartment Hotel, Sofia

The building is located on the main Boulevard Cherni Vrah, between Lozenets and
Dragalevtsi, two of Sofia’s most prestigious residential areas.

With its many business centres, elegant residential blocks, the new American
Embassy, the South Park and the new Metro Station, this upper Lozenets location
is often referred to as the most modern area in Sofia. The exclusive Dragalevtsi
neighbourhood and the ski lifts on Vitosha Mountain are less than 10 minutes drive
away.

The client brief demanded 100% use of permitted by the regional plan build-up area
organised in contemporary and distinguished volume, within a reasonably simple
construction form and a low budget frame. The functional programme included
two storeys underground parking, spa center with swimming pool, restaurant, two
storeys office development and seven storeys apartment hotel with a variety of
model units.

The total build up area above ground is 6200 sqm. and 3600 sqft in two stories
underground.

Currently very close to completion, the revised hand over date is March 2012

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