Carmelite Street - Designing the 21st century office: A competition for a new workspace in York

The architectural and developers' plans of five finalists from a JRF competition to design an innovative office complex are included in this e-book.

In 2001, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation launched a competition to secure an innovative design for an office building on a neglected inner city site.

The brief was to:

• explore new and emerging ideas for office work in the 21st century (including innovative building techniques and sustainability)
• encourage development in a run-down area
• establish a contemporary design appropriate to a historic city
• ensure the commercial success of the site

The creative and original ideas resulting from this process, including plans, artists’ impressions, and financial appraisals, are accompanied in this volume by the competition brief and the assessor’s report.

The full publication can be downloaded by clicking on the link below labelled ‘Full report PDF download’. Please note that this is in Adobe Acrobat version 5 format. This file has been saved to a low resolution, and is most suitable for viewing on screen. To print off a copy of the book, we suggest you click on the separate high resolution chapter files, also below.

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