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FORE starts highly-sustainable London office development
FORE Partnership, the pan-European real estate investment club for family offices and private investors, has begun development of a highly-sustainable, speculative office project by the River Thames in central London. VIEW 58 will provide 47,000 sq ft of
Grade-A office space at 58 Victoria Embankment on the north bank of the Thames in Midtown, and is being delivered with development partner Kier Property. The development has been sensitively designed by architects TP Bennett to retain the historic feel of the facade, while providing a contemporary, highly-functional office environment behind it. Each floor opens into a central atrium and has exposed lifts and walkways. Sustainability is central to VIEW 58. FORE and Kier have adopted green
construction practices – incorporating technologies not seen before in the UK – and are actively engaging with the local community. On the roof they will install 22 KW in solar photovoltaics that generate power from both the top and underside of the panels, which is the first use of this technology in the UK. During demolition, 99 per cemt of waste was diverted from landfills and was recycled. The building is also designed to exceed BREEAM’s ‘Excellent’ sustainability rating. Basil Demeroutis, Managing Partner
of FORE Partnership, commented: “The building has been designed with a highly-sustainable ethos, underpinning a Grade-A specification. Not only does this future proof the building, but it also cuts the operating costs for tenants by almost a third.”
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Phil Sutton, Associate Director at Kier
Property, commented: “The building is expected to reach practical completion in the second quarter of 2016. The location, in the heart of London, is fantastic, and VIEW 58 has iconic views of the River Thames from every floor – including of course the three roof terraces.” Letting agents for VIEW 58 are Savills and Ingleby Trice.
Grant Associates design a Forest of Imagination in Bath
Landscape architects Grant Associates have designed The Forest of Imagination to transform Bath’s historic Queens Square into a temporary fantastical landscape and outdoor gallery for a four-day contemporary arts event in May 2015. The Forest of Imagination design
includes: The Forest enclosure featuring
mixed forest saplings, understorey grasses and a willow tunnel running across the middle. Playing with space the mini forest will be made giant by the tiny world created within it of small creatures, dwellings and birds with an art installation by artist Edwina Bridgeman.
The Forest Pole enclosure created
by Charley Brentnall will work round a complete circle to create a self- supporting enclosure. The Bamboo enclosure, designed by
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, is a 14.4m x 12m space screened with vertical bamboo canes. Musical devices are attached to the poles for interaction with the
visitors.
Performances and activities will take place at the centre of the enclosure. A gigantic magic white rabbit 6.5m
in height will be inflated and pop up in different locations in the Forest throughout the four-day event. Andrew Grant, Director, Grant Associates, said: “The Forest of
Imagination reinvents Queen Square as an artistic, playful world where the creative spirit of the city has fun with this familiar Georgian landscape. It’s a wake up call to let everyone know Bath did not stop evolving 200 years ago.”
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