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Client: Rayadah Investment Company
Hoare Lea has been appointed to act as MEP consulting engineers on Crystal Towers, The Gem Building and Villas in the Sky in the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Hoare Lea will also provide specialist advice on fire engineering lighting, vertical transportation and LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).
Crystal Towers comprises two towers that include office and retail facilities. The towers are located between the Financial Plaza and the Wadi (a pedestration walkway landscaped area that interleaves through the district).
The Gem Building is a unique mixed-use building comprising a residential block, an office block and a multi-purpose podium with a terrace overlooking the garden.
Villas in the Sky is a mixed-use 160m high tower and will become a visible landmark in the area. The building includes podium retail areas, office and high specification residential units, including a sky gym at level 22 and swimming pool at level 33.
Each project incorporates 5 levels of below ground car parking and plant room areas, bespoke fire engineering requirements including fully sprinkler protected buildings and all buildings on the site are linked by conditioned skywalks.
Each building is served from a district cooling system, central mains water distribution, 13.8KV medium voltage network and IT distribution network.
Client: The Carlyle Group and Argent
Piccadilly Place is a mixed-use regeneration development located in a prime position next to the mainline Piccadilly railway station in Manchester.
One Piccadilly Place is the address of the landmark City Inn Hotel, while Two Piccadilly Place is the new 55,000 sq ft headquarters for Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive. Together, Three and Four Piccadilly Place comprise 300,000 sq ft of new Grade A office space. The residential element is Five Piccadilly Place, ‘The Hub’, a development of 167 apartments. Ground floor retail and leisure units are set around a piazza, onto which the offices and City Inn Hotel open.
Hoare Lea has provided mechanical, electrical and public health design services, together with infrastructure, acoustic and fire engineering advice.
Client: Land Securities
Overall and Mixed Use Winner of the MIPIM Architectural Review Future Projects Awards 2010
Designed by internationally-renowned Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel, with Sidell Gibson as delivery architects, One New Change comprises 31,000 square metres commercial and 21,000 square metres retail space. The development overlooking St Paul's Cathedral, is set to lead the transformation of the City into a seven-day shopping and leisure destination.
Hoare Lea designed the office and retail MEP systems for One New Change and provided specialist advice regarding vertical transportation, together with sustainability and energy systems expertise.
Client: European Land and Properties Ltd (ELP)
Merchant Square combines residential, office and retail accommodation in a stunning waterside location next to Paddington Basin in Central London.
The 1.8 million sq ft development comprises a variety of shops and restaurants, two office buildings and four residential/boutique hotel buildings, including a 45 storey tower.
Hoare Lea has been appointed to provide mechanical and electrical design services, together with fire engineering, sustainability and vertical transportation duties.
Client: Peel Holdings
The vision for Wirral Waters is for a major mixed-use development within the East Float area of the Docks, centred on Victoria Wharf. This will incorporate a substantial amount of office and retail space covering 750,000m2.
The scheme will include two energy centres and a district heating and power network. It will use the local waterways for fuel and waste transport.
Hoare Lea is responsible for the utilities infrastructure, energy strategy and sustainability on the scheme.
Client: CLS Holdings
This mixed-use development is located in Vauxhall, at the boundary of the Nine Elms Opportunity Area. The development provides 15,231m2 of Grade A office space, a hotel and a cinema. Student and restaurant accommodation is in the podium, with residential accommodation in two towers
above.
The project includes low and zero carbon technologies to help future-proof the scheme.
Client: Barratt Homes
This mixed-use development comprises 819 residential units (including 232 affordable units), a leisure centre and 1,700m² of commercial floor space.
The community energy system incorporates CHP plant and renewable energy technologies to generate and deliver low temperature hot water and power from a centralised energy centre to all areas of the development.
Client: Grosvenor
This is an award-winning, high profile, mixed-use redevelopment project located in Liverpool city centre. The total site covers an area of 42 hectares.
Hoare Lea’s appointment was for the east of Paradise Street development providing retail, commercial, and residential in both existing buildings and new build.
Client: Rayadah Investment Company
Hoare Lea has been appointed to act as MEP consulting engineers on Crystal Towers, The Gem Building and Villas in the Sky in the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Hoare Lea will also provide specialist advice on fire engineering lighting, vertical transportation and LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).
Crystal Towers comprises two towers that include office and retail facilities. The towers are located between the Financial Plaza and the Wadi (a pedestration walkway landscaped area that interleaves through the district).
The Gem Building is a unique mixed-use building comprising a residential block, an office block and a multi-purpose podium with a terrace overlooking the garden.
Villas in the Sky is a mixed-use 160m high tower and will become a visible landmark in the area. The building includes podium retail areas, office and high specification residential units, including a sky gym at level 22 and swimming pool at level 33.
Each project incorporates 5 levels of below ground car parking and plant room areas, bespoke fire engineering requirements including fully sprinkler protected buildings and all buildings on the site are linked by conditioned skywalks.
Each building is served from a district cooling system, central mains water distribution, 13.8KV medium voltage network and IT distribution network.
