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Spirit of the Age. Saga headquarters, Folkestone. AJ 08.07.1999
Publication Year
1999
Document Status
Current
Abstract
New headquarters offices and a staff amenity centre for Saga, at Sandgate, near Folkestone, Kent. The amenity centre, or 'Pavilion', housing a restaurant and other facilities, has a tensioned fabric roof. The main building has stair towers with glass block walls. Offices at the rear look into an atrium cum conservatory space which has a south-facing, single-glazed, planar glass 'climate wall'. It is a low energy building which uses natural ventilation. Description of the structure and services of the pavilion and of the office building by Dervilla Mitchell and John Berry of Ove Arup & Partners. Cost analysis. Working details of a steel roof support node. Architects: Michael Hopkins & Partners.
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Architects' Journal
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