Through careful remodelling, the building’s core has been reconfigured to provide the most efficient layout and accommodate a higher proportion of facilities to meet the 1:8 occupancy density.

A new double-height entrance creates an arrival experience worthy of one of the best headquarters in the city; featuring an impressive canopy and elegantly proportioned glazing to create a dynamic and open frontage. The new lobby incorporates a library, meeting area, visitors’ lounge and an open exhibition space that can be used for bespoke events. A new seventh floor has been added with terraces to all sides and designed to open into the Minories arcade, enabling the space to be used all year round.

The building’s operation and construction processes have all been carefully considered to achieve a high level of sustainability, featuring low energy lighting and high efficiency heating, air-conditioning, water supply and ventilation systems for a minimum BREEAM certified rating of Very Good and EPC Grade B.

Beautifully finished using a contemporary palette of layered textures and colours to create interiors for the varying occupier spaces, the final product reinterprets the structure’s rich historical styling and celebrates the rebirth of the majestic building for 21st century office use.