35 Fountain Street, Manchester, is a 7-storey office repositioning including the refurbishment and repositioning of the existing building and addition of two floors and roof gardens.
The additional floors will be constructed using mass timber products which assists us in aiming for and exceptionally low embodied carbon design-target of 350kg CO2e/ m2 of upfront emissions.
The consented scheme will deliver c.65,500 sq ft NIA and the building is ideally located to take advantage of the transport and cultural amenity of the commercial centre of Manchester.
Type
Urban office space
Location
Manchester
On completion the building is hoped to achieve an upfront carbon of 350kg CO2e/ m2 compared to a newbuild norm in the order of 1000kg CO2e/m2. We believe this approach to creative reuse of heritage buildings of merit is an important part of addressing both climate issues and finding opportunities for positive social impact in the communities in which we work.
35 Fountain Street is ideally located in the commercial centre of Manchester.
