London Bridge Quarter Acquires Transport for London's Shard Pre-let Agreement
London Bridge Quarter Ltd ("LBQ") today announces that it has
acquired Transport for London's ("TfL") agreement to lease nearly 200,000 sq ft of office accommodation in the Shard at London Bridge. LBQ will also work closely with TfL to help it find alternative accommodation. Demand for new prime Central London office space is growing as major corporate occupiers seek accommodation that more suits their future needs. As a result rents for Grade A offices, especially in and around the City, are rising strongly. The Shard, comprising 586,000 sq ft of first class office accommodation together with a hotel, apartments, retail and leisure and totalling approximately 920,000 sq ft, is due to complete in May 2012. It is believed that the Shard's completion will coincide with a
shortage of new high quality space available to let. A spokesman for LBQ commented: "This agreement enables us to position the Shard at the very top end of the London office market. Together, the Shard and London Bridge Place will deliver more than 1m sq ft of Grade A offices located on one of London's busiest transport hubs in a landmark building of the highest quality." The development forms part of the ú2bn London Bridge Quarter regeneration project around London Bridge Station and includes the 419,000 sq ft net London Bridge Place
Premiere for Architects and Specifiers
A new film by the Wood Window Alliance (WWA) brings into sharp
focus information including new research that architects and specifiers need in order be able to specify wood windows with confidence. Entitled ‘Wood Windows CO2
t Less’ the film is available now to view
online at
www.woodwindowalliance.com or watch on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZUMV35pqm0 and presents Service Life research by Imperial College, London proving that windows made to Wood Window Alliance standards have a service life of at least 60 years and beyond, and a lower Whole Life Cost than comparable PVC-U windows. The eight minute film clearly illustrates that Wood Window Alliance
wood windows last longer, have a lower carbon footprint and are better value than PVC-U windows over the service life of a building. It demonstrates that almost three quarters of a tonne of CO2
can be
saved by fitting a standard house with Wood Window Alliance, rather than PVC-U, windows - the equivalent of driving 6,500 km in a small family car. The film also touches on an English Heritage survey which states that the greatest threat to conservation areas is unsympathetic windows and doors. It shows how Alliance members can help address this problem, by a ‘Repair, Replicate or Replace’ approach, and how members’ windows can combine high levels of energy-efficiency with authentic period design details and slim glazing bars. Sean Parnaby, Chairman of the Wood Window Alliance says:
“We are very excited to have been able to produce a new film which is all about offering architects and specifiers the information they need to make an informed decision when specifying windows. Our audience expects information to be available quickly and clearly and the film delivers this. As a central focus of our marketing campaign the film will help us really drive home our messaging, that Wood Windows really do CO2
t Less”.
office building, a public piazza together with a redeveloped station concourse and new bus station. The London Bridge Quarter project has been designed by the internationally renowned architect Renzo Piano and will be completed in 2013.
Architect Makes the National Green List
Architects, Purcell Miller Tritton, are celebrating after the announcement that they have become the only architectural practice to be featured in this years newly released Sunday Times Green List. The new survey also shows that they are ranked in the top 5 UK firms for the attitude of their younger staff towards ‘the encouragement of environmental change’. Commenting on their placement, Jane Kennedy, Chairperson of
Purcell Miller Tritton said, “We are particularly proud of being listed 5th out of 60, with a score of 66%, in the ‘younger colleagues help drive environmental change’ category, which is fantastic. In addition, just ten organisations bettered our positive green score of 88% which our employees earned when asked if they ‘think green’, demonstrating the fact that Purcell Miller Tritton is committed to cutting the carbon footprint in all aspects of their work.” Now in its third year, the Sunday Times Green List sets out to identify and celebrate the achievements of British businesses that are striving to improve their environmental performance. It is the first survey of its kind, employing a robust methodology to measure corporate performance combined with an employee survey to find out whether the company standards and procedures are executed by all stakeholders. Jane Kennedy added, “Purcell Miller Tritton has an impressive heritage
in the maintenance and preservation of historic buildings as well as the work we undertake on designing new buildings. Our progressive attitude towards sustainability and commitment to the environment means we are increasingly recognised as a leader in this field, which has been demonstrated by our placement as the only architects in this year’s Sunday Times Best Green Companies List. We plan to build on this success and increase our ranking year on year.” The Green List recognition follows some remarkable achievements
over the past twelve months, including winning the RICS Project of the Year Award for their work on St Paul’s Cathedral. The practice has also recently won a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Award for Excellence for their project, The Hyde, at Dillington House in Somerset and has continued its climb up the ranks in the AJ100, now featuring inside the top 25 UK architectural firms.
Awards Aplenty for Architects Stride Treglown Stride Treglown Architects is delighted to announce success at two of the
industry’s most prestigious awards events, as well as upping their place on the Architects’ Journal’s Top 100 and receiving another award nomination! At the AJ100 Awards held Wednesday 19 May, Stride Treglown celebrated
a move up three places to 15th on the chart. Celebrating the achievements of Britain’s biggest and best architecture practices, the publication’s results are highly anticipated by the industry. Held at the Grange Hotel in central London, the Stride Treglown team rubbed shoulders with over 340 industry professionals at the prestigious awards dinner. Success was the order of the day the previous week too, where Stride
Treglown was named the John Laurence Professional Firm of the Year at the Michelmores and Western Morning News Commercial Property Awards, held on 11 May. At a dinner hosted by the BBC’s Judi Spiers, Stride Treglown received recognition for designing Bodmin Police Station Operational Strategic Hub as well as high praise for other projects during 2009.
8 This year’s Green IT awards - held in April - also proved fruitful for Stride
Treglown, with the practice receiving the ‘Environmental Project of the Year’ (private sector) award for its new Cardiff office, Treglown Court. Organised by Green IT magazine, the awards were designed to recognise outstanding environmental products, suppliers and projects, and Treglown Court, which has received the UK’s highest BREEAM Outstanding rating at design stage, proved the obvious choice. The celebrations didn’t stop there. Stride Treglown is also pleased to announce that our work on the regeneration of Brixham Fish Market has been shortlisted ‘Best Large Commercial Development’ at this year’s LABC South West Building Excellence Awards, to be held on 18 June. Kevin McDonald, managing director at Stride Treglown, commented:
“We’re hugely honoured to receive such recognition within the industry. 2010 is already proving to be an incredibly successful year for Stride Treglown, and we’re looking forward to the next few months.”
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