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Temple Quay House

Stride Treglown, Bristol, 2001

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South facade

Craig Auckland Download Original

BREEAM excellent rated office building constructed on a brownfield site

The building consists of a six-storey reinforced concrete frame with a underground car park and a reduced two-storey steelwork roof structure for the building services plant.

The superstructure is based around a triangular arrangement of offices with a large fan shaped atrium in the centre. Floor plans are variations on an open plan theme and can be accessed via a cantilevered staircase.

The brief required a new 13000m² building to be built on a brownfield site and achieve a BREEAM excellent rating.

The building had to be flexible and responsive ensuring low running costs, but would not flaunt it sustainability credentials and have a distinctly commercial office feel.

The central atrium maximises natural daylight and allows the use of a mixed-mode ventilation system. Natural ventilation is through manual and automated windows and the atrium stack effect. The building also takes advantage of rainwater harvesting collecting water to be used for toilet flushing and plant watering.