Leeds Office building, Sustainable, Architects, Renewable Materials, Developer, Design
Large Sustainable Office Development in Leeds
Ecologically Designed Building in England – design by DLA Design
3 Oct 2017
Environmentally friendly Office Project in Leeds
Architects: DLA Design
Location: Leeds, England, UK
Leeds Development Raises The Bar on Sustainable Office Design

By taking a three stage approach to sustainability ? passive, active and renewable ? a spectacular new office and leisure complex in Leeds is demonstrating how investing in a highly sustainable and innovative speculative building adds to market value and successfully attracts high profile tenants keen to champion their own sustainability agenda. Designed by DLA Design and built by Wates Construction for developers M & G Real Estate and Marrico LLP, the Central Square development comprises 11 and eight-storey buildings which are linked by a large, sloped façade creating an atrium and winter garden. The mixed-use development offers 200,000 ft2 of adaptable office space and also features leisure and retail space, and a sky garden for office tenants.
Guiding the project throughout was the client?s aspiration for a BREEAM Outstanding rating, which was a key driver for the holistic approach to sustainability. It required a truly collaborative effort throughout to ensure such a large and complex building successfully maximised and maintained credits in all categories of the BREEAM assessment wherever pos...