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Building Design of New Square, Bedfont Lakes by Hopkins Architects. A formal solution to office development in a reclaimed country park. IBM wanted offices suitable for multinational companies needing a base near Heathrow Airport.

New Square, Bedfont Lakes - Hopkins Architects

Planning permission was granted in exchange for the reclamation of a large area of gravel pits by converting it to parkland. The masterplan was a high density, formal solution- a single square, the same size as Berkeley Square, in the West End of London, surrounded by six, three storey air-conditioned office buildings, with car parking underground.

New Square, Bedfont Lakes - Hopkins Architects

We designed a group of three buildings at one end of the site, in the Miesian tradition of truth to materials, geometrical regularity and detailed refinement. An exposed steel frame incorporates a standard casting that connects all the columns and beams.  The frames are infilled with glass or painted aluminium panels, each with a set of external louvres. The largest of the three buildings sits at the end of the square, flanked by the two smaller ones.

New Square, Bedfont Lakes - Hopkins Architects

It’s accommodation wraps around a central atrium. This quasi external space is roofed over by a flat glass roof, suspended from a lattice steel structure, spanning the whole width. Fabric sunshades are stretched in between.  In the middle of the atrium is an assemblage of lifts and stairs, dividing the ground floor area into the restaurant and marketing exhibition space. The surrounding office areas on the upper levels are glazed to the atrium, from an open circulation gallery.For

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