The existing building was really quite dilapidated’, commented SHH Project Leader Brendan Heath. ‘Although it had served as office space previously, interventions by previous tenants had been of poor quality, from laminate flooring to dull lighting. Our steer was therefore to pay the building shell a little more respect and also to follow our client’s ‘pure and clean’ brief and preference for dark colours, building up a clean, monochrome material palette. Inevitably, a large slice of the budget also went into the hidden elements necessary to make the offices function to today’s standards, including a major upgrade of services, from new data cabling and electrical infrastructure, to air conditioning and fresh air supplies.’











