Your friendly nick

A police station set behind a welcoming canopy has been completed at Trowbridge in Wiltshire. Designed by Aaron Evans Architects of Bath, the gently curving canopy is supported on a pair of slender steel trees and encloses a civic space. This gives it a street presence lacking in most police stations, while also providing a sheltered zone at the front. The police station was built for £1.8m by Leadbitter, with Fenton Holloway as structural engineer, Ridge as services engineer and quantity surveyor, and Atis Real Weatherall as project manager.