![The building has been cladded with recycled timber-composite vertical panels](https://howells-uk.imgix.net/images/project-severn-trent-hero.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=blank.imgix.net&fit=clip&w=250&h=166.66666666667&q=82&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-2.1.1)
View along the landscape approach
![Facade detail](https://howells-uk.imgix.net/images/project-severn-trent-detail.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=blank.imgix.net&fit=clip&w=250&h=166.66666666667&q=82&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-2.1.1)
A Durawood cladding system was used along with natural anodized aluminium.
![The site layout and drainage address complex logistical issues involving access, car parking and drainage defined by its function as a live depot site and water treatment works.](https://howells-uk.imgix.net/images/project-severn-trent-side.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=blank.imgix.net&fit=clip&w=250&h=166.66666666667&q=82&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-2.1.1)
The site layout and drainage address complex logistical issues involving access, car parking and drainage defined by its function as a live depot site and water treatment works.
![Central hub and restaurant area](https://howells-uk.imgix.net/images/projects-severn-trent-water-interior.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=blank.imgix.net&fit=clip&w=250&h=166.66666666667&q=82&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-2.1.1)
Central hub and restaurant area
![Initial concept sketch](https://howells-uk.imgix.net/images/projects-severn-trent-water-concept.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=blank.imgix.net&fit=clip&w=250&h=166.66666666667&q=82&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-2.1.1)
Initial concept sketch
![1:250 model](https://howells-uk.imgix.net/images/project-severn-trent-model.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=blank.imgix.net&fit=clip&w=250&h=166.66666666667&q=82&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-2.1.1)
1:250 model
![First floor plan](https://howells-uk.imgix.net/images/project-severn-trent-floor-plan.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=blank.imgix.net&fit=clip&w=250&h=166.66666666667&q=82&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-2.1.1)
First floor plan
Severn Trent Water
At the core of our architectural input for Severn Trent Water was a desire to give its employees’ working environment a radical lift and help transform the organisation’s identity.
The two-storey building is home to the company’s customer services and credit management departments and features breakout spaces all centred around a social restaurant/seminar space. The floorspace arrangement maximises flexibility and communication between staff and departments, with the possibility of sub-letting areas in the future also built in.
At the time of completion, the building was at the cutting edge of sustainability, taking it well beyond a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating to energy efficiencies three times that of offices of the period. Design measures included cladding the building with recycled timber-composite vertical panels and using mixed-mode ventilation with preconditioned supply air from ground pipes and night-time cooling of the exposed concrete structure.
“Intelligently orientated and using a belt of mature planting, the building is incredibly efficient in carbon emission terms that bodes well for through-life costs which when taken together with clever lighting systems, water saving devices, pre-treated air and solar PV, creates a really exceptional workplace experience for our people.”
Ted Pearce, Head of Property Services, Severn Trent Water
Client | Severn Trent Water | ||
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Location | Shrewsbury | ||
Size | 2,600 sq m | ||
Status | Completed 2011 | ||
Environmental | BREEAM Excellent 2011 | ||
Awards | BCO Regional Award 2015, RIBA Regional Award 2012, BD Office Architect of the Year 2010 | ||
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