One St Peter's Square
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An office development, twice as high as the 1960s office it replaced, targetting international business relocating from London
The brief was to redevelop this extremely restricted, historically sensitive site to deliver high quality Grade A workspace within a building of significant architectural merit. It needed to address the challenges of the local context while also offering large open-plan accommodation that allowed flexibility and adaptability for either a single occupier or multiple tenants.
The building was required to respect the principles of sustainable development and achieve a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating. There was also a desire to create a ground floor that would provide a vibrant mix of uses in addition to the workspace, helping to establish a strong dialogue with the civic square and Manchester’s best new business address.
Data
- Begun: May 2012
- Completed: Sep 2014
- Floor area: 31,920m2
- Sector: Office
- Total cost: £46.3M
- Procurement: Design and build
- CO2 Emissions: 21.78kg/m2/year
- Address: One St Peter's Square, Manchester, M2 3AE, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Glenn Howells Architects
- Project architect: Glen Howells Architects
- Client: Argent and the Greater Manchester Property Venture Fund
- Exectutive Architect: Weedon Partnership
- Structural engineer: Tier Consult
- M&E consultant: Hoare Lea
- Quantity surveyor: Faithful & Gould
- Fire engineer: AECOM
- Arts Consultant: Insite Arts
- Letting Agents: GVA and Savills
- interior designer: Glen Howells Architects
- CDM coordinator: David M Eagle
- Approved Building Inspector: Manchester City Council
- Main Contractor : Carillion
- CAD software used: Vectorworks and AutoCAD
