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Sustainability was a byword for the design of new offices for British Gas by Scott Brownrigg Interior Design, both in the choice of materials and products
Client: British Gas // Design: Scott Brownrigg Interior Design // Size: 8,000 sq m // Completion time: 18 month
You may not associate British Gas - or gas companies in general - with renewable energy, but Centrica, the owner of British Gas, also owns a biomass company (which generates energy from living or recently living material such as vegetation) as well as several wind farms, and it wanted these renewable energy sources to be represented in the design of its new offices and customer contact centre for British Gas at Oxford Business Park.
'The company wanted this building to be a showcase for its products and approach to sustainability, and to truly represent the company as being sustainable,' says Rebecca Joseph, the designer in charge of Scott Brownrigg's scheme for the interior of the new building.
Joseph continues: 'Centrica is investing quite heavily in renewable energy, and the building itself is rated BREEAM Excellent, so one of the most important elements of the brief was that the interior should reflect this commitment to sustainability and renewable...