DEFRA
This headquarters building was one of the first developments in Temple Quarter, a major regeneration area of Bristol.
Built on a previously contaminated brownfield site (a former railway yard) the concrete framed building is an exemplar of sustainable design achieving a BREEAM 'excellent' rating.
The six storey triangular block, provides over 16,000m2 for 840 staff, and is linked by a central atrium which maximises natural light and creates a 'stack effect' ventilation system, with the high level louvers working in tandem with the manual and automated windows.
Exposed concrete slabs, forming the internal office soffit, allow for night time cooling. Structurally, the building is braced by five lift shafts contained in two cores of the atrium while a glazed roof, supported by slender steel trusses distinguishes the atrium from the pitched roofs of the office wings.
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