Winner: The Bower

Entered by AHMM

AHMM has a forte in developing pioneering office designs, and its landmark White Collar Factory in east London helped kick-start modern office trends by reinventing the contemporary workplace as a stripped-back, flexible and sociable environment inspired by industrial efficiency. Across the road from the White Collar Factory at the Bower, its manifesto has been applied to the trickier challenge of refurbishing an existing building. A pair of belligerent 1960s glass and concrete slabs have been transformed by a fresh facade, complete with a new footprint to break the monotony of the original elevation, while interiors have been laid bare to the concrete floor and suspended ceilings removed to create a workplace of discreet services and streamlined spaces. 

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