Jubilee Library.

This project was won through a competitive PFI bid with our client Mill Group/Norwich Union, supported overwhelming by the Local Authority and the public (it won more votes that the other two competitors combined). The design was undertaken in collaboration with Bennetts Associates.

Rare amongst PFI projects, it was permitted to cross-subsidise the public sector element (the Library) with the private (the rest of the development). This provided more money for the Library which was further enhanced by an architectural diagram that gained an extra floor of development across the site in a Conservation Area by judicious use of the levels. It also placed the Library within the masterplan with only 2 elevations, ensuring cost savings for an end product that belies the fact it was constructed within the constraints of a tight budget and PFI process.