Commercial Offices
 
Mistral, Thames Valley Park, Reading
 
Client: British Gas Properties
Architect: Foster and Partners
Size: 7,400m2 / 79,624ft2 gross
   

The Mistral is a low energy building set in a landscaped business park on the outskirts of Reading. The building overlooks a man-made lake.

Roger Preston & Partners undertook the full M&E design and the design for a full Cat. A fit out for the owner / occupier
 

Features:
Extensive computer modelling and development of facade on modular basis to suit orientation
Mixed mode ventilation strategy with openable windows and mechanical ventilation
Deep raised floor void for future tenant flexibility
Specialist lighting strategy
Prefabricated boiler plant
Winner of RIBA 1998 Award
'Excellent' BREEAM rating
 
 
Ludwig Erhard Haus - Stock Exchange, Berlin
 
Client: Berlin Industrie- und Handelskammer
Architect: Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners
Size: 22,000m2 / 236,720ft2 net
   

This is a multi-function building for the Berlin Industrie- und Handelskammer (IHK). The striking design for the building was inspired by the shape of an armadillo.

The building provides 18,000m2 (193,680ft2) of offices, conference rooms, the new Berlin Stock Exchange and a clubroom for Verein Berlkiner Kaufleute und Industrieller (VBKI), restaurants and parking. The total net lettable area is 22,000m2.
 

Features:
State-of-the-art architecture and services design
Feature lighting & atrium lifts
2 No. conference theatres for approx. 150-200 people each, catering facilities and restaurant / cafe
Dealing facilities
 
 
MID City Place, London
 
Client: Stanhope plc / Matsushita Investment & Development UK Ltd
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox
Size: 41,000m2 / 441,160ft2 gross
   

Roger Preston & Partners was appointed for full duties for the shell and core and Cat. A+ fit out and lifts.

Computer modelling was used extensively for the analysis of environmental control and for studies of the central atrium.

Tenants were secured for this high quality development prior to the commencement of the structure.
 

Features:
Two major trading floors
Innovative fire engineered solution permits offices to open onto atrium
High performance low energy facade
Excellent BREEAM rating
 
 
Examples
 
Agiplan Headquarters Extension, Mulheim, UK
Beaufort House, London
Beehive Building, Gatwick, UK
Boots Headquarters - D90(W), Nottingham, UK
Century Tower, Tokyo, Japan
Coca-Cola (GB+Ireland), Hammersmith, UK
Colonial Mutual HQ, Chatham, Kent, UK
Commerzbank Headquarters, Frankfurt, Germany -
Daewoo HQ, Seoul, Korea
Eland House, London
Globe Trade Centre, Warsaw, Poland
HongkongBank Headquarters, Hong Kong
Maxdo Development Shanghai, PRC
Nine South Street, Mayfair, London
Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society Glasgow, UK
Scottish Equitable Headquarters, Edinburgh, UK
Slough Central Area Redevelopment, Slough, UK
Swiss Centre, London
Time Square Kunming, PRC
Two Paces West Building, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
 
 
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