Global Financial Services Company | Glass Office Partitions London

Bespoke partitioning designed to withstand structural movement.

Winner: Workspace of the Year - FX Design Awards 2024

THE CLIENT.

This project was undertaken for a global financial services company with a long and distinguished pedigree. One of the world’s most recognisable investment management brands, it has offices in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia.

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THE CHALLENGE.

Architect tp bennett was commissioned to design the interior of the company’s London HQ in the Paddington. The fit-out comprised 263 offices across eight floors of a contemporary building. The design of the partitions needed to be contemporary and minimalist, while different parts of the installation required specific acoustic ratings.

The main challenge faced by the architects was the building’s significant vertical and lateral deflection. Any partitioning system had to be designed to handle +/- 40mm deflection as well as a +/- 15mm vertical deflection where the glazing met the façade. In short, the system needed to be able to move with the building.

The project was further complicated by perimeter secondary glazing that opened inwards, so all perimeter abutments needed to be designed with this factored in. The final partitioning systems had to be designed to take all these requirements into account.

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THE SOLUTION.

As leading innovators in the design and manufacture of adaptable and reusable solid and glazed partitions, Radii were a perfect fit for this project.

We designed a series of systems based on three of our existing Linear 30 single-glazed partitions (Rw 40 dB) and our Parallel 50 and 100 double-glazed partitions (Rw 45 & 50 dB), combined with Hogan pivot doors throughout.

To accommodate deflection, we created a bespoke blind box detail capable of a +/- 15mm lateral movement. We also created new extrusions to achieve a +/-59mm deflection, used to deal with vertical movement in isolated locations.

THE INSTALLATION.

Installation of our system was complex because of the variety of partitions used, combined with physical variations between storeys. This meant we had to survey every part of the building separately to ensure our partitions and doors fit perfectly. We co-ordinated with other trades to ensure installation was exactly as required.

We began this major fit-out in January 2023 and completed it within 20 weeks – well within schedule. The final partition systems exceeded the prescribed acoustic ratings, while the overall project achieved BREEAM ‘Excellent’ and LEED ‘Gold’ ratings. We were delighted to be awarded with a contractor rating of 9.9 out of 10 for what was a very complex and demanding design and installation.