Canon UK Headquarters
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Energy efficient office space set around a series of courtyards in the mature landscaped grounds of an 18th century country house
The building has been designed to have a very low energy consumption. It is naturally ventilated and passively cooled at night with automatically opening windows controlled by the BMS system. Maximum use is made of daylight whilst the harmful effects of solar gain are minimised by careful orientation and use of the brise-soleil to create shade.
The offices are largely open plan to aid natural cross ventilation and the roof is covered in thin film photo-voltaic panels, at the time of construction one of the largest installations in Europe.
Data
- Begun: Dec 1997
- Completed: Nov 1999
- Floor area: 11,068m2
- Sector: Office
- Total cost: £1.7M
- Tender date: 1995
- Procurement: Two stage competitive tender based on JCT 80
- Address: Woodhatch, Cockshot Hill, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 8BF, United Kingdom
Professional Team
- Architect: David Richmond + Partners
- Project architects: Andy Karaiskos, Byron Davies, David Richmond, Edward Toovey, Gary Rathbone, Gordon Hulley, Ian Catchpole, Paul Pindelski, Sean Crummey, Véronique Despreaux
- Client: Canon UK
- Quantity surveyor: Bellamy & Wareham
- Structural engineer: Curtins Consulting Engineers
- Services engineer: Ernest Griffiths & Sons
- Landscape consultant: Holden Liversedge
- Main contractor: Wates Construction
- Highway engineer: Tucker Parry Knowles
Suppliers
- Structural engineer: Curtins Consulting Engineers
- Stonework: Ashby Stone
- Tiling: D & M Barton
- Plaster & Screed: HA Boulton Flooring
- Roofing: Briggs Roofing and Cladding
- Metalwork: Crane and Rowbury
- Structural concrete: John Doyle Construction Ltd
- Timber floor: Quiligotti