The Florey Building

The Florey Building is a Grade II* listed building designed by James Stirling between 1967-1971. Part of the celebrated Red Trilogy, it enjoys an international profile well beyond its statutory listed status. Avanti won an international design competition to modernise student rooms, create new teaching accommodation & student resource areas and amenity including library/study areas, dining space and a bar.

The building has a highly determinate form across section and plan interrupted by a web of complex structure. An ingenuous solution was therefore required to distribute new services across the building.The sympathetic façade upgrade strategy allowed radical inroads to be made into reducing carbon emissions.

Deep retrofit of an iconic building in the heart of Oxford

House of Fraser

The House of Fraser store in Birmingham is typical of city centre buildings in need of a new life. The building is characterised by a deep department store plan. Avanti’s strategy creates multiple entrance points, with floor plates capable of being subdivided with generous daylight to meet a wide range of new uses.

Regenerating the high street