Award-winning 13,500 ft2 ‘incubator’ managed offices and facilities to encourage knowledge-based start-up businesses in Stokesley, North Yorkshire.
Two storeys of flexible office units surround a central double-height atrium communal space. Support facilities include training, management, IT and reception are also provided. The internal layout promotes sociability, a sense of community and the cross-fertilisation of ideas. The layout is easily adaptable to suit various unit sizes.
- Client:
- Hambleton District Council
- Team:
- Benedetti Architects
- McDowell+Benedetti (to July 2016)
- Adams Kara Taylor
- BDSP Partnership
- Jackson Coles
- Gillespies
- Andrew Knight (public art consultant)
- Kathryn Hodgkinson (artist)
- Status:
- Opened May 2006 by HRH Prince Andrew Duke of York
- Published:
- Architects' Journal
- Building Design
- Building
- On Office
- Abitare
- Perspective (Hong Kong)
- Mix Future Interiors
- regional papers
- Awards:
- RIBA ‘05 White Rose Sustainability
- RTPI Regional Innovation and Sustainability
- The Journal Landmark Environmental
- RICS Pro Yorkshire Design & Innovation
- “I am very interested in the architecture of this building and how it deals with energy efficiently. The atmosphere in here is wonderful and conducive to the activities it contains. Everyone I have spoken to enjoys working here.”
- HRH Prince Andrew Duke of York
