GIB Asset Management Office Transformation: Where Values Meet Design
Partnering with Gulf International Bank (GIB), we embarked on a remarkable journey, revitalizing their Mayfair office spanning 12,150 sq ft. With $8 billion in assets under their care, GIB aimed to harmonize their workspace with their values: environmental responsibility, employee wellbeing, and brand excellence.
REGENERATION OF AN OLD SHOE FACTORY INTO 3 MEWS HOUSES AND 6 FLATS
Initially gaining ‘change of use’ of this property, held in a family portfolio for many years, via a ‘permitted development’ application, then applying for the vertical extension of the central block, we managed to put a scheme together for 9 units – 3 mews-type houses and 6 flats.
Working with the existing fabric of an industrial brick, we propose new elements in black timber and zinc. The development is highly insulated and has excellent environmental credentials.
All the units are arranged around a communal courtyard, and backs onto a local park, so giving plenty of light and pleasant leafy views.
This small townhouse located in the Belsize Village Conservation area felt dark and cramped. By relocating the location of the kitchen from the front of the house to the middle and replacing a very tired single glazed conservatory with a glass box extension at the rear, this home became a lighter, brighter version of itself.
With a love of the pared back Scandinavian style décor, clients painted everything white including the internal brickwork and continued the white theme into the kitchen and utility, creating a space flooded with natural light.
A traditional Scandi style woodburner in the open plan living area, creates a focal point for the new layout which is perfect for socialising and relaxing.
Bede Gaming is a gambling platform and software company based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, with offices in London, England and Sofia, Bulgaria.
In April this year, Bede’s Sofia team moved into their new office. Pleased and proud of it, now Team Bulgaria can get together and collaborate in some rather swish surroundings!
The 700m2 new office is based on the 13th floor of the latest modern office building in Sofia-NV Tower. The office interior is a beautiful combination of modern and industrial styles that are softly bound together by accent colors used in the corporate color pallet. The firm’s identity could be observed across the whole office design along with the team’s collective character.
The Drive is a sleek, stylish and modern 21st century house. With every detail finely honed, the house is a shining example of carefully considered architecture and precisely-detailed construction.
The site is ideal for this type of house, a rectangular plot facing due south and sloping down to the road; achieving a grand vista from the entrance.
Sand Dunes is an award winning house, set back from the beautiful beach of Mawgan Porth on Cornwall’s north coast.
Spread over three buildings, every aspect of the property has been designed and built to complement the beauty of the natural landscape, using a range of locally sourced materials.
We started with the paintings on the wall. The works are by John Prentice (the owner’s grandfather), an artist and engineer. Prentice has written about colour selection turning it into a language akin to a musical score in his thesis Colour Plane. He uses this theory of colour to tell stories.
The Leeds studio of Northern design giants SpaceInvader has completed a three-year CAT A project to reinvigorate the public and common areas of Central House, Harrogate, a four-storey building providing local companies with 168,000 sq ft of office space, car parking and associated facilities, for property group client CEG.
“We were delighted to work with CEG on this project”, SpaceInvader’s Creative Director Sarah Dodsworth commented, “with the aim of making Central House Harrogate’s premier office address.”
SpaceInvader has completed a boutique, 2,000 sq ft workspace for Manchester-based Tosca Debt Capital on the 5th floor of the Helical-owned Trinity Building on the city’s John Dalton Street. Not only was this a fast turnaround scheme, commissioned in July 2020, but it was designed and delivered by the SpaceInvader and wider installation team during lockdown and semi-lockdown, proving what could still be achieved under such exacting pandemic conditions.
Tosca Debt Capital is a financial services company that brings additional, complementary debt funding options to regional markets, giving SMEs – particularly those across the Northern Powerhouse – access to institutional capital to help drive entrepreneurial ambitions. The strong relationships the company builds with management teams set it apart and, with all decision-making, underwriting and portfolio management taking place from the company’s Manchester base, the office’s location, look and feel were crucial for its relationships with clients.
The Green Rooms from Amro Living is a sleek, new, build-to-rent scheme located at MediaCityUK in Salford and offering a luxurious living experience surrounded by fantastic landmarks and a thriving neighbourhood. The design of the scheme’s extensive ground-floor amenity spaces is by Manchester-based architecture and interior design practice 74, who already have a strong reputation for award-winning student amenity spaces and are now bringing that expertise to the BTR (build-to-rent) market.
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