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commercial offices special report


‘The space evolves out of the central hub, which is more informal with


softer seating’ Matt Godwin, project designer, Pellings


While the doors remain, the GRP planters are long gone.


Just one remains in the office of the council chief executive, who, ironically, occupies what was once the room used by the borough architect. Designed by Eric G Broughton & Associates and built by


Costain, the original building was opened on May 6 1975 by Her Majesty, the Queen Mother. In addition to some of the design ‘innovations’, the building


was also filled with a then highly durable material that was also still all the rage in the 1970s: asbestos. Around a dozen skips have been needed to strip out the


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asbestos on each floor as a redevelopment that is turning the council from simply owning office space to leasing it. The scheme is working from the top down and


refurbishment of the ninth and eight floors have been completed, allowing the council to lease out this space to the Royal Free Hospital. The project is also a chance for the council to change


its working environment as part of an initiative, which was originally known as the New Ways of Working Programme but has since been rechristened Enfield 2017. Work started in 2014 and on completion in August 2017,


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