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🟩 GreenBricks Building of the Week 🟩 The Bindery
Art deco green
Built on the site of a bookbinder, a jewellery maker, a clockmaker and a metal workshop – inspired by the local history of ‘making’. The Bindery is what office space should be.
📍Location
🏢Building Details
Refurbishment of 1930s Art Deco building, completed 2022
26,284 sq ft office + 3,752 sq ft outdoor space
7 floors
👷🏾♀️Developer & Contractor
Robert Harris – Director & Head of Commercial @ Dorrington PLC
Andrew Giblin – Managing Director @ Dorrington PLC
Peter Smith – Director @ Open Contracts
✍️Architects & Engineers
Harry Bucknall – Director @ Piercy&Company
Pete Jennings – Director @ Piercy&Company
Fiona Neil – Director @ Piercy&Company
Andy Sturgeon – Landscape Designer & MD @ Andy Sturgeon Landscape and Garden Design
Jeanette Hennigan – Wellbeing Advisor & Founder @ HelpYourHead
Tom Steel – Director @ Heyne Tillett Steel
🌱Sustainability
EPC A + reuse of embodied carbon
Almost all construction waste recycled or reused, including carpet tiles, light fittings + furniture that was donated to a local charity
Natural ventilation simply provided by 14 openable windows on each floor – cleverly operated by bespoke winding mechanism
Latest zero-carbon technology: low energy water heating + lighting, photovoltaics, 100% green energy supply + smart metering
Timber floors sustainably sourced (FSC rated) European oak laid on recycled full access raised floor panels
🥦 Wellbeing
Reception doubles as welcoming gallery – seamlessly leading onto a landscaped terrace – with focal steel sculpture by Eddie Roberts, crafted from salvaged building material
5 beautifully designed outdoor garden spaces designed by Chelsea Flower Show “Best in Show” landscape designer, Andy Sturgeon – including 7th floor roof garden with exercise + relaxation areas
Bike-friendly: automatic rear gates provide seamless access to the courtyard, bike parking, maintenance area, club-quality showers + lockers
High uncluttered ceilings, calming natural palette + huge windows flood the space with light and views
🎈Bonus feature
The terraces include 3 “Pure Greenhouses” – elegantly designed for the modern gardener, for people to come into contact with growing and nurturing. Aka. valuable time away from desk.
🔗 Check it out https://thebinderyec1.com/
