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Mixed Use Design is strongly connected to business success. Buildings of
Offices the future will be entirely different to the places where we work
Residential today. These innovative workplaces will have a profound effect on
Retail organisational culture and individual performance.
Masterplanning & Urban Design
Hotels & Resorts
Education
Health
Interior Architecture
HKR Architects is an international
architecture and design practice with
offices in Dublin, London, Manchester,
Belfast and Prague.
HKR’s portfolio of projects spans several
sectors – mixed use, offices, residential,
retail, hotels & resorts, education and
health. The practice has dedicated
capabilities in masterplanning & urban Offices
design and in Public Private Partnership
projects. It also specialises in the
design and fitout of interiors for all
types of buildings.
HKR has been designing buildings and
environments since 1992 and has gained
award-winning status internationally,
providing design-led solutions that are
functional and commercial, and highly
specific to clients’ needs.
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“Architecture is enjoying unprecedented Office Design
success... and HKR’s expertise and vision will Apart from the homes we live in, for many people, the office is the building
type that most dominates our lives.
guarantee that this continues well into the
21st century.”
HKR — Achieving exemplar schemes for The occupier — We advise major blue The city — We understand context. One
Ken Bishop — Director DTZ
developers and occupiers alike. chip occupiers. size does not fit all.
Whilst simple to understand at its most In the service-orientated economy where We live in a global economy where cities
basic level, the modern office must display knowledge is power and staff retention is not only compete at a regional and national
a range of attributes that appeal to a range everything, the best office space will attract level but on the world stage. Each city has
of stakeholders. the best people - whether this be a stand- its own attributes and its own market. A
alone HQ building or a single floor in a city London floorplate would not necessarily
The developer — We work with some of centre speculative scheme. Through our work in a Manchester, Dublin or Belfast
the most eminent developers. integrated workplace interiors team we are context and vise versa. In each city we
HKR understands that it is a prerequisite of able to optimise the internal environment understand the target market, the local rent
any scheme, whether we are in a buoyant of any office building to the benefit of both and the appropriate floorplate offer.
market or a trough, that the development occupier and developer alike.
appraisal is understood and met.
The agent — We work with all the
The funder — We work with numerous major agents.
major investment funds and financial We recognise that any speculative office
institutions. scheme has to let when it is on paper,
Offices can be seen as commodities when it is under construction and when it
that can be bought and sold a number is complete. The space should be let by the
of times before they are even complete. time a potential occupier has crossed the
Accountable, flexible and above all threshold and entered the lifts.
deliverable, we recognise that behind every
project there is a finance regime and an
army of development surveyors in place
auditing the design.
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Large or small, our approach is the same.
To produce an elegant building. A complete synthesis of structure, To exploit the urban opportunity.
This must be the starting point for any services and the workplace. At HKR we embrace a city’s urban legacy.
project. An office building must be Modern buildings are becoming For any project we seek to understand
both commercially and architecturally increasingly complex. The last decade has what the development will mean to the
robust; ambitious and deliverable in seen a profound change in the demands city in which it is situated. This involves
equal measure. Clarity of form, space occupiers place for the spaces in which extensive site analysis looking at both
and a rejection of architectural gesture they work. A thorough understanding of macro and micro issues.
will lead to a sustainable proposal. We modern building systems is essential, from
believe in the refinement of a building’s structural principles through to the building To be sustainable.
essential components through technical fabric and their seamless integration. This We approach the design of any office
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understanding. allows us to control capital cost, costs for project from first principles – long life,
use and anticipate the changing nature loose fit and lean construction. We then
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To produce an efficient building. of the workplace. A holistic view of a ensure that the building not only meets all
A commercial building must maximise its building’s engineering system and the current environmental requirements but
nett to gross ratio. We aim to maximise spaces they serve is essential to HKR’s also is capable of meeting the potential
the floor area within the site and plan the input in any project. requirements of the future.
space with a nett to gross ratio in excess of
80%. Notional space planning studies are
always undertaken to provide an efficient
grid layout and core placement – through
understanding the notion of usable and
unusable space within a floorplate.
01 Axis, Manchester
02 Pelham House, Dublin
03 Hibernian Insurance, Dublin
04 Fore Street, London
05 Red Oak North, Dublin
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01 Fore Street
Planning permission has been granted for “HKR offers intelligent and commercial
Fore Street, a £74 million 13 storey Grade A architecture. This striking development
office development for Telereal in the City will provide state-of-the-art office
of London. accommodation appropriate to a world
financial centre.”
HKR has designed this challenging site Nigel Reis, National Development Manager, Telereal
to comply with sustainability regulations
while maximising floor space and the use
of daylight.
The outcome is an iconic 380,000 sq ft
building, featuring green-terraced roof garden
tiers stepping back from the Barbican.
01 Concept model
02 View from Barbican
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The design responds to the constraints of
the surrounding buildings and the fact it
falls within the strategic views of St Paul’s
Cathedral. Designed for large City occupiers,
the building creates open plan floorplates
and rakes back at higher levels away from
The Barbican in a series of stepped roof
gardens. Floating on V columns the building
is designed to cantilever over the proposed
Crossrail tunnels.
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The building elevations have been
designed to respond to their orientation
and achieve optimum environmental
control whilst creating a building of light
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and transparency. The building will be
almost 30% better in terms of energy
02 consumption than current best practice,
and 20% better than best practice, in
terms of CO² emissions.
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01 Elevation to Fore Street
02 Ground floor plan
03 Typical floor plan
04 Concept model 1
05 Concept model 2
06 Façade study 1
07 Façade study 2
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01 The Hive
This is an exemplar sustainable
speculative development, demonstrating
that those in the property business are
also in the energy business.
In 2005 Argent Estates invited HKR to
undertake a feasibility study for three sites
adjacent to Stevenson Square, Manchester.
The initial commission was to provide
a development framework which was
agreeable to Manchester City Council and
adjacent land owners. This soon developed
into masterplanning the entire site and the
design and delivery of the largest building
on the site, The Hive.
01 Building detail
02 View of The Hive from Lever Street
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The Hive is a pioneering building, providing
speculative office space aimed at the creative
industries. The building is not a corporate
headquarters. It is a simple, kickable, flexible
building which immerses itself in the home
of the creative industries in the North West
of the UK – The Northern Quarter.
Office rental levels are lower in The Northern
Quarter than in other city centre locations
in Manchester and therefore the build cost
needed to be lower in response.
The sustainable agenda for this building
evolved out of a thorough understanding
of the commercial limitations of the project
and transforming these into the building’s
greatest asset.
› The simplest way of making a building
cheaper is to make it smaller.
› We could not make the building smaller
in plan because the plan drives value.
› We made the building smaller in 02
section by omitting the M+E zone and
the ceiling.
› We exposed the concrete slab within
the office areas to utilise the radiant 03
cooling of the raw concrete.
› By introducing narrow floorplates we
were able to further naturally ventilate
the office space.
› Finally, in order to mitigate excessive
solar gain, we created a solid façade 01 View of new arcade running through the middle of
with 40% openings to maximise the development
daylight penetration internally whilst 02 Elements of a low cost sustainable commercial
reducing capital costs.
scheme (Image courtesy - Paul Weston)
03 Typical floorplate
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01 Red Oak North
Representative of a new generation of
offices being delivered by HKR, this
68,000 sq ft office building in Dublin was
completed in 2007.
In developing this one acre site, a
striking design has been used to retain
the landscape features by wrapping the
building around the existing trees and
maximising the setting by making a
prominent feature of an existing 65 foot
high red oak tree.
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01 Façade detail
02 View of building and landscape
03 Building façade
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The building has also being designed with
the flexibility to be occupied by one or
multiple tenants.
Red Oak North can be viewed from
all sides and the materials being used
reinforce its quality and energy efficiency.
A further feature of the site design which
lends to this mature landscape is minimum
parking at ground level, with provision for
over 100 cars at basement level.
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01 Interior
02 Typical floorplate
03 Building façade
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01 Axis
› Good sites are becoming These four statements apply perfectly to
increasingly rare. HKR’s work on Axis.
› Sites are becoming harder to develop This startling, small and very difficult site is
through increasingly difficult site at the bookend of one of Manchester’s first
constraints. regeneration projects, Deansgate Locks.
The locks sit adjacent to the Rochdale
› Resolve these issues and Canal, a world heritage site. Across the
maximise value through technical road is the Hacienda, the eponymous
understanding. residential development which sits on the
site of the Hacienda Club – the birthplace
› Create world-class architecture. of cool.
01 View from Deansgate Locks
02 View towards the G-Mex
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The site is bounded by a tram line and The final form of the 72,000 sq ft building been given to minimise panel joints and HKR’s design response has been driven
sits in the shadow of the G-Mex Centre, is one of a needle, 16 storeys high and 4m maximise panel sizes to give a modern, by the need to maximise the development
a Grade 2 listed former railway station. wide at its prow. A tripartite separation of taut expression to the façade. At the top area for the developer and make this site
The site also sits at the end of a long vista bottom, middle and top is employed. At of the building a translucent plant room is commercially viable. HKR has done this in
approaching the city from Manchester the bottom of the building raking in-situ hung from a structural sheer wall creating three ways.
International Airport via Chester Road. This concrete columns support the 3m cantilever a column free entertainment space
is a true gateway site and as such demands over the building site boundary upto the immediately below. At night the plant room Building height — As a gateway site, and
a striking architectural response both second floor. The middle of the building is illuminated, crowning the building and following a thorough analysis of the site
physically and commercially. is clad in a structural silicone glazed marking the point at which one enters or and its wider context, HKR proposed a
cladding system. Careful consideration has leaves the city centre. 16 storey building. The building height
02 was eventually limited by lifting capacity,
ensuring we had the most efficient lift
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strategy possible.
Extending the building line over the site
boundary — We proposed cantilevering the
building by 3 metres over the site boundary
on 4 sides of the site. Careful negotiations
with British Waterways and Manchester
City Council ensured that an extra 40,000
sq ft will be delivered on the site.
Reducing the area of the core —
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Statutorily, an office building of this height
will require two escape stairs and cores.
It became apparent that to maximise the
development area on such a small site, a
one escape stair and core solution would
be needed. Together with Arup Fire, HKR
devised an ingenious solution of one
escape core which has three exit points – a
first for a UK building.
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The proposed core arrangement maximises
the development area, allows the floorplate
01 View on approach to city centre
to split for tenancies and maximises
02 Day one concept sketch of massing
prime space within the floorplate - overall,
03 Day one concept sketch - how do we design
maximising value through technical
a single core building?
understanding.
04 Final resolution plan
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The redevelopment at the prestigious
address of 4-6 Burlington Road Dublin
will provide 310,000 sq ft of Grade A
office space.
HKR’s design is being developed by
Coolbrook Ltd and is currently under
construction, due for completion in 2009.
High specification materials are being used
throughout both externally and internally
with natural stone, polyester powder
coated aluminium, stainless steel, glass
and copper.
The development consists of two blocks
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with floors varying from five to seven over
a joint lower ground landscaped podium
level, with basement level below providing
82 car park spaces. The floorplate of each
block is designed for maximum natural
light, future flexibility for sub-division and
with generous floor to ceiling heights.
01 View from Burlington Road
02 Ground floorplate
03 Interior view north of Block 1 atrium
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Overall, these buildings have been
designed with sustainability and energy
efficiency as a core consideration.
Depending on the orientation there are
triple skin façades with an opaque of fritted
outer skin or angled aluminium external
vertical fins which, used in tandem with
the high performance glass specified
throughout, provide a comfortable working
environment and reduce requirement for
mechanical heating and venting.
The introduction of chilled beams for
heating and cooling throughout both of the
blocks benefit the user by responding to
environmental and corporate demands to
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reduce energy costs and emissions.
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01 Interior view of south of Block 1 atrium
02 Typical floorplate
03 Off-site factory mock-up of Block 1 triple skin façade
04 Off-site factory mock-up of Block 1 triple skin façade
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01 Chancery Place
The Scottish Provident site, along with alternative Grade A office building. These
a number of other sites situated within initial sketch ideas demonstrated an
the prime core, has long been identified increase of 1,000 sq ft of net space on each
as a key opportunity in the strategic floor above the existing 6,700 sq ft.
renaissance of the traditional core of
Manchester City Centre. In July 2006 HKR was made aware that
Alanis had purchased the site and was
In 2003 detailed planning permission was preparing to move forward on the basis
granted for a 75,000 sq ft office building on of the existing permission. A meeting
the site of the Scottish Provident building. between HKR and Alanis was arranged and
following subsequent discussions between
Over the following three years the owner of HKR and Manchester City Council and
the site sought to secure an anchor tenant English Heritage, HKR were instructed
and in parallel explored alternative layouts to develop their alternative scheme to
and uses for the site in an effort to get the a planning submission. In tandem with
development moving. this, John Sisk & Son Ltd were employed
to commence construction works with
By early 2006 the existing Scottish basement excavations and foundation
Provident building had been demolished. designs capable of supporting both the
Tentative enquiries were made for the existing approved scheme and the new
acquisition of the site by a number of HKR design.
developers and during this period HKR
prepared their initial sketch ideas for an
01 Chancery Place interior
02 View from Brown Street
03 View form Booth Street 02 03
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Architecturally the building design takes Working within the confines of the
its cues from the unique ‘island’ nature previous planning envelope HKR has
of the site itself. increased the total net area of the
building by 25%.
Working in close partnership with the City › Through the careful placement of a The top two floors are a modern twist on
Council, HKR submited a detailed planning single core each typical office floor is the traditional Victorian frieze. Set at 1.5
application in record time and permission now capable of two sublets. metre centres, a series of 6 metre high,
was received in December 2006 - only › Primary space was maximised through angled, structural glass blades satisfy the
4 months after the initial instruction was the oversailing of the pavement on technical requirements of solar shading
received from the client. all four elevations and by the testing and shelter to the executive roof garden
of the floorplate through space and also provide a fitting finale to this new
The new permission significantly raised the planning studies. premier office address.
value of the investment for the developer
yet still maintained the target date for Set back half a metre from the front of The building is set to complete on site in
when it would come to the market. Whilst pavement the external profile creates a 2009 – only 2 years from inception. It will
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sitting broadly within the previous planning modern flat iron building. Clad in steal set a new benchmark in office rents for the
envelope, the new scheme incorporated: and glass to maximise the view out and city and in doing so create a new landmark
daylight in, the building has a distinct top, development for a great modern city.
› A 25% increase in net space - 102,000 middle and bottom.
sq ft in total
› Utilising a post tensioned concrete The bottom creates the office and
frame, two additional floors where retail address and provides access off
added - the top floor being a the secondary streets to a technically
destination ‘Directors Lounge’ complete challenging and spiralling two and half level
with a private roof garden overlooking basement, housing 26 car parking spaces,
Albert Square. plant rooms, cycle storage and staff shower
› An increase in prime retail frontage areas. The middle twelve floors are an
05 06 07 08 contained in a single double height unit extrusion of the site interrupted only by
fronting Booth Street the lift core where, with its super-sized
Portland stone mix, grc cladding panels
› A linear double height reception space
create a nod to the historic buildings on
orientated towards the premier address
of King Street. King Street.
Floorplate evaluating sketches
01 Existing consented floorplate 05 Relocation of the core to maximise prime space
02 Site boundary 06 The creation of an appropriate address
03 Previous oversailing 07 The incorporation of an appropriate planning grid
04 HKR oversailing to maximise net space 08 Space Plan
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Pelham House won RIAI Best Commercial
Building Award 2004. The building is
located in South County Business Park in
Sandyford Dublin.
Pelham House is a commercial office
across three floors around a three storey
glazed entry hall.
The desire to keep the existing mature trees
on the site presented a particular challenge
on this project. The office space is designed
to maximise the frontage and presence to
the public space fronting the building.
The result is a landmark headquarters
building with an entirely practical and
flexible net floor area in keeping with the
specific requirements of the demanding
project brief.
01 View across courtyard
02 View across courtyard
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A basement car park was required but due
to the level of rock it had to be reduced
to a semi basement level. This gave the
opportunity to emphasise the raised
ground floor and podium deck.
Access to the podium is via a floating
feature stairway over a water feature.
The stairway leads to the glazed entry
hall which connects the rear rectangular
building to the front triangular section.
01 View across water feature
02 Stairway over water feature 01
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01 HKR Headquarters
Since 2003 HKR’s headquarters has HKR Internal Design Competition
been located in a building designed and HKR had many important design criteria
developed by the practice at Schoolhouse for the new building and to be true to the
Lane in Dublin. spirit of transparency and collaboration,
the practice held an internal design
Steady expansion of the practice - which competition, open to all members of
now has over 300 professionals across 5 HKR to submit designs, further ideas and
offices, with more than half of these being aspirations for our new building.
located in Dublin - has brought about the
need for a larger premises. Entrants were given 6 weeks to prepare
submissions and in all the practice received
To this end, in 2007 HKR purchased a over 30 very comprehensive submissions
Brownfield site on the corner of Shaw ranging from highly conception ideas and
Street and Townsend Street in Dublin for images to fully designed and modelled
the location of its new headquarters. buildings.
01 Model 1
02 Model 2
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Competition Win Environmental
The competition winning design had a The development of 64,000 sq ft will HKR’s commitment to sustainability is
strong and confident urban statement consist of a 12 storey building over a 2-level central to the design of our new Dublin
incorporating much incident and spacial basement. The building will have offices on Headquarters. This innovative design
complexity. In addition to being elegant, the 11 upper levels, and retail units plus a responds to growing environmental
it also had a well considered rigorous café on the ground and mezzanine levels. requirements of buildings and will help
commercial solution. serve as an example of the economic
The main building elevations have been and planning viability of environmentally
The proposed building will facilitate and designed as primarily glazed and the engineered and designed building
foster the firm’s development while the building will appear in various forms solutions. The building has a BREEAM
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design will make a hugely positive urban dependant on factors of day, night, light, excellent energy rating.
contribution to Dublin’s city centre. reflection, and sun angle. By contrast, the
south elevation will be physically changing,
with the movement of externally mounted
stainless steel blinds.
01 View from Townsend Street
02 Environmental diagram
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01 Ashbourne Office Park
HKR has received planning permission for a HKR’s awareness of sustainability has been
development on a 3 acre site in Ashbourne applied in the design stages. Elevations are
Co. Meath. The first phase of development designed to optimise their orientation with
will comprises 60,000 sq ft of office vertically configured brise soleil to minimise
space over five storeys. The development solar gain and maximise external views.
is located on the northern approach to
Ashbourne and will create a formal edge To minimise the use of mechanical systems
to the existing Ashbourne Business Park. the basement car park, with over 100
spaces, is naturally ventilated and the offices
HKR’s brief was to develop an efficient can be cross ventilated through openable
design that allowed maximum flexibility sections in the glazing.
for the leasing of floor areas. The result
is a building that can provide a variety of Combining solutions that responded both to
layout options depending on the tenants’ the client’s commercial requirements and the
requirements. Each typical floor can growing requirements of energy efficiency
accommodate up to four occupancies will ensure a building model that proves the
without compromising the building viability of energy responsible design.
design or the need for extra circulation.
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01 Building façade detail
02 Ashbourne Offices building
03 Typical floorplate
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01 Arthur Street EC2
12 Arthur Street, in the heart of the City The services and structural zone are
of London, is a stunning landmark office compressed on each floor thereby allowing
development comprising over 100,000 sq ft twelve full storeys to be fitted between the
of prime commercial office space. Roman archaeology and the height limit of
St Paul’s Cathedral.
Situated on a prominent island site, with
highly efficient floorplates and excellent The building perimeter is built out to the site
natural light on all sides, this building boundary. At the upper levels the building
is an example of how a state of the art is configured to accommodate the Rights of
commercial office building can be designed Light enjoyed by surrounding properties.
to top international specifications whilst
making a positive contextual contribution to The lettable area of 12 Arthur Street has
the urban fabric of the City. been maximised by locating the perimeter
columns in the external cladding zone
In the design of 12 Arthur Street, the outboard of the perimeter edge beams.
developer’s potential is maximised by The structural solution allow clear internal
increasing the floor area by an additional column-free spans of 14 metres for
25,000 sq ft from a previous scheme for the maximum flexibility.
site. This additional space is achieved by:
› Compressing the floor zone
› Building out to the boundary
› Balancing rights of light
› Optimisation of core and lettable area
01 Building façade
02 Reception area
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01 The Anchorage
The Anchorage, at 17-19 Sir John The floorplates are designed to maximise
Rogerson’s Quay Dublin, is a 6 story natural daylight from all sides and a central
over basement mixed use development core area. High performance glass is
with retail and car parking at ground, incorporated as required by the orientation.
and offices at upper levels. It is located
on a prominent corner site between the High quality finishes are used throughout
two new Liffey bridges, directly opposite with natural black basalt stone, polyester
Dublin’s International Financial Services powder coated and anodised aluminium
Centre (IFSC). profiles, precast concrete and high
performance glass for the predominately
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The building has been developed by glazed north and east façades.
HKR and Hayden Craig Partnership, and
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construction was completed in early 2008 This use of glass provides stunning views
by P Elliott & Co. from within and a visually impressive
urban building in this important landmark
The building comprises of 40,000 sq ft of location.
office space over retail/café at ground floor
and ancillary office space at basement level.
01 View from River Liffey
02 View from ground level
03 View from balcony
04 View from Sir John Rogerson’s Quay
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01 The Wave
HKR is developing detailed design The aspirations and content for this key
proposals for The Wave, a modern site are:
sustainable office building along
Farringdon Road in London. This › Create a special landmark building that
development will be aimed at the new will attract a new major media, creative
office market who are demanding more industry or professional organisation to
from their office space with respect to Clerkenwell
its location, energy efficiency, green › Create active frontage
credentials and flexibility.
› Create a building that is at the forefront
of sustainablitity in office design with a
The 200,000 sq ft building has been BREEAM excellent rating
designed to respond to its context reacting
to the daylight and sunlight envelope of › Meet renewable energy targets
the site which creates the wave form of › Create a flexible modern building that
the building, from which its name has will be a landmark in London
been taken. › Create a building concept and form
generated by an environmental
response to the site and surroundings
01 View of The Wave looking up Ray Street
02 The Wave depicted at night
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Principles of orientation and envelope With plant services being predominantly
modelling have been developed to avoid located on the lower ground floor and
excessive solar gain on the various basement areas, the top floors offer great
façades. Also cutting-edge technology panoramic views of the London skyline.
has been used to minimise energy use There is also provision for retail use at
and to generate on-site power through ground floor.
tri-generation which will contribute to over
20% of renewable energy for the building.
The proposal offers a prominent, generous
entrance on the corner of Farringdon
Road and Ray Street, with varying flexible
floorplates throughout the building and
roof terraces.
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01 Concept sketches
02 The Wave and surrounding buildings
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Designed to Work
Large or small, the principles of good office design are the same.
› The creation of the right address “HKR’s track record speaks for itself… the
› The correct location of primary and practice has brought extensive and diverse
secondary cores sector experience to the property scene.”
David Partridge—Joint Chief Executive, Argent plc
› The maximisation of net space
combined with the optimisation of
prime and secondary space
› A flexible approach to sub-letting and
exit strategies
› Long span structures and fire
engineering that push the boundaries
› Low energy design thought through Axis 20 Piccadilly
from first principles. At 17 floors, this pioneering scheme will be A mixed use building with hotel above
the largest single fire stair office building in office above retail. The careful placement of
Combine all of these with great architectural the UK. cores allows each to function efficiently and
design and you have HKR Architects seamlessly with the others.
approach to the design of offices.
Our range of projects, either completed or in
design development, speak for themselves.
Location: Manchester Location: Manchester
Size: 72,000 sq ft Size: 200,000 sq ft
Value: £15 million Value: £35 million
Client: Property Alliance Group Type: Offices, Hotel and Retail
Type: Offices N to G: 85%
N to G: 80% Grid: 10.5m x 9m
Grid: 12m x 6m
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Number One Sandyford GMPTE Manchester City Centre Fountain Street
The local market dictated that this be A transparent glass box of office Served and servant spaces. This dramatic A complete synthesis of structure, services
designed as a multi-let building, where each accommodation behind a retained Victorian building consists of two wings of clear, and office space. The façades of Fountain
floorplate can accommodate 8 tenants. The façade turns secondary space into Grade A regular space ‘serverd’ from a long spine Street are constructed from load bearing
central atrium includes a dramatic, sculptural office accommodation. The retained façade ‘servant’ core structure. Atria contained and innerlocking pre-cast concrete planks.
central core which feeds numerous entrance is used as a giant 19th century sandstone within the spine brings daylight into the The load bearing façade liberates the
points around the floorplate. brise soliel to the glazing behind. centre of the plan. Long spans, triple interior of structural columns resulting in
glazed façades and high thermal mass clear office space.
are employed.
Location: Dublin Location: Manchester Location: Manchester Location: Manchester
Size: 200,000 sq ft Size: 91,000 sq ft Size: 500,000 sq ft Size: 60,000 sq ft
Value: £25 million Value: £14 million Value: £60 million Value: £10 million
Type: Offices Client: Tower Gate Developments Type: Offices, Hotel and Retail Type: Offices
N to G: 80% Type: Offices N to G: 85% N to G: 85%
Grid: 7.5m x 7.5/10.5m N to G: 85% Grid: 9m x 12/18m Grid: 12m x 9m
Grid: 12m x 9m
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St Peter’s Square 12 Arthur Street Number One Ballsbridge Chancery Place
Located adjacent the busy A6, St Peter’s 12 Arthur Street is a fine example of how The mixed use development will include The building is set to complete on site in
Square will bring a Manchester building to a ‘state-of-the-art’ commercial office 109 apartments along with office and leisure 2009 – only 2 years from inception. It will
the Stockport market. Typical floorplates building can be designed to top international spaces. These new buildings will be centred set a new benchmark in office rents for
approach 90% net to gross and utilise 15m specifications whilst making a positive round two new plazas and two new shared Manchester City and in doing so will create
clear spans to create a column free interior. contextual contribution to the urban fabric of pedestrian streets. a new landmark development for a great
London City. modern city.
Location: Wellington Rd, Stockport Location: London Location: Dublin Location: Manchester
Size: 58,000 sq ft Size: 100,000 sq ft Size: 430,000 sq ft Size: 75,000 sq ft
Value: £7 million Type: Offices Value: £450 million Value: £20 million
Client: HBG Properties N to G: 84% Client: Glenkerrin (UK) Ltd Client: Alanis
Type: Offices Grid: 6m x 12m Type: Offices / Mixed Use Type: Offices
N to G: 89% N to G: 82% N to G: 78%
Grid: 15m x 7.5m Grid: 9m x 9m Grid: 4m x 9m
31. HKR : OFFICES HKR : OFFICES
Pelham House HKR Headquarters Trafford Quays
The office space is designed to maximise HKR ‘s innovative design for their new HQ This exemplar sustainable office building
the frontage and presence to the public building responds to growing environmental for a major insurance fund has been
space fronting the building. The result is a requirements of buildings and will serve as designed to provide a calm, relaxing
landmark headquarters level building with an an exemplar of the economic and planning backdrop to facilitate a best practice
entirely practical and flexible net floor area viability of environmentally engineered and working environment. Narrow floorplates,
in keeping with the specific requirements of designed building solutions. thermal mass and natural ventilation are
the demanding project brief. fundamental to the building programme.
Location: Dublin Location: Dublin Location: Manchester
Value: £4 million Size: 64,000 sq ft Size: 200,000 sq ft
Type: Offices Value: £15 million Value: £35 million
N to G: 82% Type: Offices Type: Offices
Grid: 9m x 7.5m N to G: 85% N to G: 83%
Grid: 12m x 9m Grid: 15m x 6m
32. HKR : OFFICES HKR : OFFICES
Fore Street The Hive Red Oak North Burlington Plaza
The practice has designed this challenging The initial commission was to provide In developing this one acre site, a The redevelopment at the prestigious
site to comply with sustainability regulations a development framework which was striking design has been used to retain address will provide Grade A office space
while maximising floor space and the use of agreeable to Manchester City Council and the landscape features by wrapping the in two separate blocks over a basement
daylight. The outcome is an iconic building, adjacent land owners. This soon developed building around the existing trees and carpark. The blocks are separated by a
featuring green-terraced roof garden tiers into masterplanning the entire site and the maximising the setting by making a landscaped garden at lower level and a
stepping back from the Barbican. design and delivery of the largest building on prominent feature of an existing 65 foot new public entrance plaza at street level.
the site, The Hive. high red oak tree.
Location: London Location: Manchester Location: Dublin Location: Dublin
Size: 380,000 sq ft Size: 135,000 sq ft Size: 68,000 sq ft Size: 310,000 sq ft
Value: £74 million Value: £12 million Value: £8 million Value: £63 million
Client: Telereal Client: Argent Group plc Type: Offices Client: Coolbrook Ltd
Type: Offices Type: Offices N to G: 86% Type: Offices
N to G: 85% N to G: 83% Grid: 7.5m x 7.5m N to G: 83%
Grid: 7.5m x 7.5/9m Grid: 7.5m x 6m Grid: 9m x 9m
