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NE W S I N BR I E F: SGP COMPLETES FINAL PHASE OF ST. MODWEN BUSINESS PARK
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Stephen George + Partners LLP (SGP) has overseen the completion of the third and final phase of St. Modwen Park, Doncaster. Having masterplanned the whole 27-acre site, SGP successfully designed and delivered the last £7m phase, comprising more than 108,000ft2 of industrial space, in February 2020. Working with St. Modwen and Lindum Construction, SGP designed the three units of 34,464ft2, 21,614ft2 and 53,072ft2 to complete the 247,000ft2 development, which was granted outline consent in March 2016. SGP designed and delivered the first two phases of the park in 2016 and in 2017, and the speculative units were quickly occupied by Bosch Automotive, DB Schenker and Thornhill Engineering.
GRAHAM TO REFURBISH GENERAL PROJECTS’ LASER HOUSE IN CLERKENWELL GRAHAM has won the contract to refurbish Laser House, a former printing press and gin distillery in London’s Clerkenwell that is being redeveloped by General Projects to provide almost 88,000ft2 of office space. Located near the Barbican, Laser House will be refurbished to provide office floor space across the ground and four upper levels with provision of four SME starter units at lower ground floor. The building will be largely retained, with only partial demolition of the structure and construction of extensions to the existing building fronting Goswell Road and Pear Tree Street with plant enclosures above. Works are to include external alterations to the facades, windows, doors, improvements and upgrades to the office accommodation internally, provision of cycle storage, shower and changing facilities, waste and recycling facilities in addition to updated access arrangements and ancillary works.
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ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS REVEALS XI’AN INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL CENTRE The new Xi’an International Football Centre will be 60,000-seat stadium for national and international matches as well as domestic league games, youth training academies, entertainment performances and cultural events. ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS
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he centre will be located in Xi’an’s Fengdong New District with its stations on the city’s expanding metro network. With a population of nine million people and two professional football clubs, Xi’an will be a host city of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup in China. Taking its legacy mode of operations as the starting point of the design, the stadium has been designed to provide optimum conditions for football and maximise its use by generations after the 2023 tournament. Integrated within the orthogonal urban grid of Fengdong’s business district, the stadium’s open facades invite the city into the heart of the building to enjoy its public spaces, recreation and dining facilities 6
throughout the day. Located in a series of shaded south-facing garden terraces with views over the city to Qing Mountain, these amenities will also serve spectators visiting the stadium during football matches, cultural events and performances. The sweeping lines of the facade protect the stadium from northerly winds and convey the fluid forms of the roof that shelters the saddle-shaped seating bowl which maximises the spectator seating provided at midfield. The design employs an ultra-lightweight long-span cable-net roof structure, resulting in a minimum load and material footprint
