ABSTRACT
RMC House, completed in 1989, is the headquarters building for Ready Mix Concrete PLC, at Thorpe in Surrey. The site contained three existing houses and the architect’s intention was to create a complex in which they were incorporated. Because the site is in the ‘green belt’ of London the architect strived to ensure that the headquarters were well integrated with the surrounds and that the public appearance was discreet. One approach was to design a largely single-storey structure with an extensive roof garden, as shown in Figure 11.1.
