The aim was to create a great building that would respond to its context/environment and that is certainly what Bryden Wood have achieved.

It’s a great space to work in.’ Whilst not having an external canalside view like the studios on the opposite side of the building, the central atrium floods the tables in the communal area outside their space with lots of natural light.‘In the summer, it’s so sunshiney, some people wear shades,’ she says.

Understandably, the stunning atrium is Burles’ favourite thing about the building, ‘it gives light, it gives a sense of space.’ She also particularly likes being at their end of it, which is tucked away at the opposite end from the main entrance as ‘it’s got that slightly knocked back, industrial, vintage look.’ Chris agrees, calling the exposed steel beams, ‘Industrial Chic.’ He is also a huge fan of the breakout area’s big, wooden tables, which he sees as an extended part of their studio.‘Clients enjoy coming here,’ he says.‘We often have kick-off meetings with about 20 people from contractors to suppliers etc.

We push the tables together, and buy croissants from the cafe and it’s great.Our clients even hang out in the cafe afterwards and have lunch.’.

A quick look around their studio, which is filled with interior must-haves for their clients; from large mirrors to rolled-up rugs - not to mention, the showstopper: Elvis, an adorable French bulldog - leaves you with no doubt these are busy and successful people with a space that works for them, helping them to create award-winning work.

Chris confirms this notion, ‘It’s serious businesses in here.It will use a hybrid steel and concrete structural platform that was developed as part of an Innovate UK First Phase Challenge Fund research project on Automated Construction.

The structural platform developed as part of the R&D project will provide the chassis for the office floor space and the project will include the development of cladding and building services components to create a reusable kit-of-parts-based solution for offices..The project will validate and showcase the benefits that can be delivered using P-DfMA techniques, Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and digital technologies on a large-scale new build commercial office development.

It is designed to a ‘zero carbon in use’ strategy, and is already achieving gains:.efficiency: a predicted 9.5% reduction in capital cost, 13% reduction in programme, 40% reduction in steel used and 50% reduction in site operatives for superstructure and facade.