St Mary’s House is an existing office building on the corner of Penarth Road and Trade Street, Cardiff. Rightacres Property Ltd built the building in the early 2000s. It has 4 floors of office accommodation, a car park, and ancillary facilities. It was purpose-built for Arriva Trains Wales (later Transport for Wales). The entrance to … Continued
Cardigan – A Rich History Cardigan Memorial Hospital in Ceredigion proposes the demolition of existing hospital buildings, but retention of the remaining parts of the Nash-designed Priory House- an unlisted heritage asset dating from 1792. We originally proposed 34 new one-bed dwellings for older people to take the place of the demolished buildings, alongside a … Continued
GFA has worked for Admiral Group for over 15 years, indeed we used to share an office block in Cardiff . We are experts in knowing what works for Admiral in terms of space-planning and fit out. However, our most recent projects have looked at how Admiral can respond to new agile working patterns that … Continued
City Point is a Square Mile landmark. It was acquired by Beacon Capital Partners in 2007 but some of its origins as the home of BP remained, not least some outdated office space and a congested ground floor. We introduced modest but important interventions to the existing 118m2 reception area, to give greater transparency to … Continued
St. Philips Point is a triangular plan tall office building with a prow facing Cathedral Green. It is iconic in its location within Birmingham, but was in need of a new strategy in the face of local competition. A new transparency was needed and our work included new glazing and canopy to the entire entrance … Continued
St. Swithins Lane is a busy City pedestrian thoroughfare – a prime link between Cannon Street station and many parts of the Square Mile. It is a historic and narrow street, a legacy of its medieval origins, so most views of the buildings either side are oblique. Creating a high profile entrance to a new … Continued
St James Square contains some of central London’s most valuable real estate. No 31 is significant by virtue of its history (it was previously the site of the Duke of Norfolk’s royal residence, and its 1938 replacement, though unloved, became Eisenhower’s HQ during WWII) and by the fact that it is ‘L -shaped’ on plan, … Continued
Savoy Hill House was originally constructed as a late Victorian apartment building, but was acquired by the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) in 1909 to form their central London staff facilities. Each end was rebuilt after wartime bombing (interestingly, from both world wars) and the original brick crosswall construction became inter-laced with a mixture … Continued
The project brief focused on careful and elegant detailing that would be executed to the highest quality and a design that provided elegant, comfortable and functional space that addresses occupier’s needs. The client desired a quality office refurbishment to a Developers Category A fit-out at a cost of no more than £100/ft2. We were able … Continued
Although now an icon of 1960’s pop art, Centre Point had previously suffered from inadequate reception space, poor access and its open undercroft had harboured a multitude of antisocial problems. Our completed works wrapped the base of the tower in a glass envelope to create a new reception area at ground floor level improving access, … Continued
