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Aberdeen’s Capitol building nabs BCO award

Aberdeen’s Capitol building nabs BCO award

April 12 2017

A refurbished former cinema on Aberdeen’s Union Street has been lauded by the British Council of Offices in the latest round of their annual property awards, securing a win in the best commercial workplace category.

Designed by Keppie on behalf of Knight Property Group and M&G Real Estate, the project retained many of the cinemas art deco features while inserting modern office space above and behind.

Fraser Low, director of Keppie Interiors, commented: “Considering what we encountered on our first building visit, I am delighted that the clarity of our initial design thinking remains true in the finished spaces. This is testament to our client’s early buy-in and the team’s unwavering drive for sympathetic restoration married to innovative workplace ideas.”

Judges praised the regeneration work

Period features have been retained for the redevelopment

7 Comments

#1 Posted by Capone on 12 Apr 2017 at 09:14 AM

Wow, really??! Looks like the interior of a mob bosses palace!

#2 Posted by bob on 12 Apr 2017 at 09:28 AM

Well Done Keppie !

An award for Keppie for a project in Aberdeen

the Luvie Brigade will be smarting !

#3 Posted by Donovan on 12 Apr 2017 at 10:27 AM

I'm sure it will be up for more awards too - the Carbuncle Award springs to mind...

#4 Posted by Beetlejuice on 12 Apr 2017 at 13:57 PM

Considering that the majority of Keppie's staff that worked on this project were made redundant from the closure of the Perth office not long after completion - this smacks a bit!

#5 Posted by A Local Pleb on 19 Apr 2017 at 19:12 PM

I take it that gross box that sits atop didn't form part of the judges consideration when allocating the award? The interior of that is just your typical bland Cat A office spec...they're lucky they had the cinema element to give it a little bit of character!