We give special emphasis to a building's coherence and the interiors are designed to encourage conviviality, through dramatic circulation spaces. These areas promote chance encounters across departments and emphasise the openness and flexibility of the modern working environment.

Gaining approval

We have an impressive track record in achieving highly advantageous planning consents in difficult urban contexts. 10 Crown Place is a new six storey office building which lies in a conservation area north of Broadgate in the City of London. The adjoining Victorian warehouse buildings inspired the composition of the elevations, which was critical to the planning negotiations and helped ensure that consent was gained within a very short period.

Equally complex planning restrictions have applied to our new development at Paternoster Square, beside St Paul's Cathedral. Our Warwick Court Building flanks the west side of the new square and mediates with the different scales and ages of buildings around the site as well as with the other new buildings and the Cathedral itself.

Our redevelopment, and extension to the Grade II* listed BBC Broadcasting House is a major development in the heart of Londons West End. The planning problems were extremely challenging as the site is surrounded by 14 listed buildings including the Grade I listed All Souls Church.

We secured planning consent for this landmark building on this extremely contentious site within seven months.