ABSTRACT
Meeting the demands of context and location has a strong link with the sustainability agenda, if economic and social sustainability is part of the overall equation. Architects and interior designers make an effort to maximise views when they can. But because of obsessive attention to detail, helped by stringent quality control procedures and forging close partnerships with suppliers, Quartermile One very definitely enhances the historic site. ‘This is a confident, proud, modern building providing outstanding accommodation worthy of the location. The positive relationship that emerged between architect, client and cladding provider led to the same team working on further projects across the old Royal Infirmary site, providing cost efficiencies, shorter construction programmes, reduced lead-in times and higher confidence in the end product. But the design of their own offices was an opportunity for architects to articulate how they wanted to be perceived, and to demonstrate how their architectural language can be brought to bear on a difficult, tight, inner-city location.
