Aukett Swanke has completed No 1 Forbury Place, a 185,000sqft Grade A office development that brings Central London design standards to Reading, Berkshire.

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Architects: Aukett Swanke

Location: Reading, United Kingdom

Area: 185000.0 ft2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Edmund Sumner

Qs: Sweet

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Aukett Swanke has completed No 1 Forbury Place, a 185,000sqft Grade A office development that brings Central London design standards to Reading, Berkshire.Developed speculatively by owners M&G and development manager Bell Hammer on a site adjacent to Reading railway station, the entire building was let last year to Scottish and Southern Energy ahead of completion, making it the largest letting in the Thames Valley for over a decade.
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It will be followed by a second phase on the adjoining site. Together, they will form a landmark for both Reading?s newest business district, and for the city as a whole.

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Aukett Swanke?s design responds to the historic urban context of the neighbouring Forbury Gardens through the massing and sculpted form of the Forbury Place buildings. Laid out over eight storeys, the building has large flexible floorplates, which narrow to the upper leve...