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🟩 GreenBricks Building of the Week 🟩 The Hive
Northern green
Winner of 2011 ‘Best Office in the North’, The Hive is a green workspace forerunner with a real creative buzz.
📍Location
🏢Building Details
80,000 sq ft Grade A office space – 6 floors
Developed in 2009; substantial refurb in 2021
Winner of 2011 ‘Best Office in the North’ Award (BCO)
👷🏾♀️Developer & Contractor
Oliver Butler – Former Project Manager @ Argent LLP
Keith Bailey – Investment Director @ Grosvenor
Lea Whitehurst – Managing Director @ Bardsley Construction Limited
✍️Architects & Engineers
John Crellin – Associate & Architect @ 5plus architects
Carly Grice – Former Director @ 5plus architects
Simon Millington – Founder & Director @ Incognito
Ian Stevenson – Architectural Project Manager @ Bailey Street Furniture Group
🌱Sustainability
BREEAM Excellent + EPC A
Natural ventilation system: motorised louvres open to cool building at night with night cooling dampers + weather resistant ventilation
Solar sharing: 45m long façade screen fixed along southeast face filters sunlight
Low water use measures including self-closing taps, leak detection facilities and low flow fixtures and fittings
Highly efficient utilities including Wessex fully modulating boiler = next generation boiler technology, manufactured in the UK
🥦 Wellbeing
2.9m floor-to-ceiling height windows for excellent natural light + smart lighting system with zone control and presence detection
Fully integrated Cycle Hub: spacious + secure internal bike store with changing facilities, cycle repair station, showers and ‘vanity area’
Welcoming arrival experience across 2 hotel-grade receptions
Roof terraces on the 3rd and 4th floors
🎈Bonus feature
The building benefits from Grosvenor’s Green Leases. These include added clauses and commitments for landlord and tenant to partner to continuously monitor and improve the building’s performance. A strategic pathway to be even greener.
🔗 Check it out http://5plusarchitects.com/projects/the-hive-manchester/
