New type of office development
The site is located in the Commercial Quarter, of the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile World Heritage Site (WHS) and within the Castle Street Conservation area. The proposal is for the refurbishment of the derelict Churchill House on Tithebarn Street for commercial office space.
In a city saturated with low cost, generic office space, the project sets to differentiate itself from its competition with intelligent refurbishment to create flexible office space with character, identity and personality.
The refurbishment of the neglected precast concrete clad Churchill House, of which many of this architype were built in the 70’s / early 80’s, is an important test bed for the reuse of this type. Unlike the refurbishment of more historic building types such as red brick mills / warehouses, buildings of this era require a more considered analysis, in order to identify the key positive elements of the original building, unlocking its potential and beautifying the ugly.