Location: Slough, United Kingdom.

Architect: Flanagan Lawrence.

The 234 Bath Road building in Slough, UK is a new three-storey office building that serves as a gateway to the Slough Trading Estate. The building is located at the corner of Bath and Leigh Roads and features a sustainable re-use of the existing structure. The Western portion of the building uses the basement and pre-tensioned concrete structural frame of the original office building on the site. The floor plate has been extended out to the new façade line and 40m towards the new Eastern entrance. The office floors are 15.8m wide and have two full-height atria that create attractive, energy-efficient, day-lit office space. The extended accommodation is wrapped in a new light-weight structure that comprises a series of elegant full-height structural frames defined by tapered fins, plinths, and parapets. The main entrance is housed within an impressive 15m-high entry colonnade with a glazed reception area, creating a strong visual link to the surrounding urban context and optimising the building’s prominent corner location on the Bath Road. The design of the building is centred around a language of details and materials that delivers a building that is clean, crisp, and light while maintaining robustness, civic scale, and impact.

In summary, the 234 Bath Road building in Slough, UK is a new three-storey office building that serves as a gateway to the Slough Trading Estate. The building features a sustainable re-use of the existing structure and has a new light-weight structure that comprises a series of elegant full-height structural frames. The main entrance is housed within an impressive 15m-high entry colonnade with a glazed reception area, creating a strong visual link to the surrounding urban context. The design of the building is centred around a language of details and materials that delivers a building that is clean, crisp, and light while maintaining robustness, civic scale, and impact.

Photo credit: Hufton + Crow.