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
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
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
Gaunt Francis’s connections with the Institute of Engineering & Technology (‘The IET’) go back a long way. In 2008 the practice was commissioned to renovate and overhaul Savoy Hill House, which was originally intended to provide staff accommodation and to connect to the IET HQ in Savoy Place. However, at completion this scheme was independently let … 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
The brutalist behemoth that overlooks Piccadilly Gardens has been the subject of a series of conversion and upgrade proposals by various owners over the last few decades. The upper floors of its eastern end were converted and extended in the 1990’s to provide extensive space for a national health and fitness chain, but never occupied. … Continued
