28 April 2025
Moving offices is never easy but it helps when a previous commercial tenant leaves behind their office furniture and much of it matches your style. Even better when you’re a company that highly regards sustainability and there is the opportunity to save on landfills. This was the situation encountered when our client, a global science and tech company, moved into an office space in Granta Park.
24 April 2025
High performance Quantum Computing specialists, Oxford Ionics, have grown from a start-up to world-leading innovators in just six years. With their mission to create unique technologies that will bring Quantum Computing from the theoretical to the indispensable, they needed a head office that would enable their teams to grow, innovate and build the world’s most powerful quantum computers.
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3 April 2025
Acteon, a marine energy and infrastructure services provider in the renewable energy sector, acquired a stunning office space with views of the River Wensum in Norwich. Their design brief focused on creating a contemporary, functional, and practical workspace that mirrors the flow of water and nature, embodying their identity and promoting team cohesion.
28 March 2025
Hamilton Kerr Institute (HKI) is one of the world’s leading centres for teaching, research and conservation, restoring some of the world's greatest easel paintings. A department within the Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge, the institute moved into new premises, requiring extensive technical modifications to enable their team to continue to preserve their artworks integrity whilst maintaining its historical value.
26 March 2025
Moving into one of the UK's top innovation hubs in Oxfordshire, this growing solutions-focused company working within the aviation industry, needed a hub in the Cambridge-Oxford Arc to innovate and grow their team.
4 February 2025
Repurposing from office to labs was a sustainable choice by the Bidwells and Trinity to increase energy efficiency and create a fully flexible CAT-A open plan office space with eight containment level 2 labs ready for life science tenants.
27 January 2025
JLL (a registered trademark of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated) is a leading property consultancy specialising in real estate and investment management. Working on behalf of an international asset management company, JLL tasked us with creating a CAT A+ office and lab workspace from a dated office that was ‘move-in ready’ to attract growing life science companies to invest in the park.
2 August 2024
With their goal to break open a new frontier of treatment for the rapidly expanding and debilitating wave of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and ALS, WaveBreak’s new office and lab were designed to focus on their research and development activities. We collaborated with them to plan, extend and fit out their current laboratories and create an open, collaborative workspace for their team to thrive.
26 March 2024
COEL were chosen to fit out a new office space at ideaSpace at the Hauser Forum, to bring together entrepreneurs and start-ups from across the region to innovate and thrive.
22 October 2023
After securing a prestigious address opposite Cambridge Station, leading independent law firm, Mishcon de Reya, tasked us with creating two distinct areas for their workspace – a flexible local hub for their hybrid workforce and the ultimate client experience, with high-end finishes to evoke the feeling of entering an exclusive club.
10 October 2023
Since 2019, Biofidelity have received much recognition for their ground-breaking work developing cancer diagnostic tests, with an aim to simplify the study and analysis of genomics across the world. They asked us to create a flexible and future–proof workspace – to support their ambitious expansion plans.
26 July 2023
Altium is a global software company, providing innovative PCB Design Software and contributing to a green future for the electronics industry. Their goal was to bring their UK sales and R&D teams together into a space that enabled closer collaboration, whilst also making sustainable choices to futureproof their Cambridge HQ.
24 November 2022
Since 2019, Biofidelity have received much recognition for their ground-breaking work developing cancer diagnostic tests, with an aim to simplify the study and analysis of genomics across the world. They asked us to create a flexible and future–proof workspace – to support their ambitious expansion plans.
1 August 2022
Agile Analog is an enterprising technology company comprising an innovative team of analog and digital engineers, software engineers and semi-conductor industry executives. Having outgrown their old office, Agile Analog brought us on to create a new workspace where their growing team could collaborate better.
22 May 2022
Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global company that specialises in transforming biopharmaceutical discoveries into novel medicines. Their patient-focused and science-driven approach powers pioneering research and development advancements and was a huge focus for their office fit out. We worked with the client to plan, design, build and furnish an agile workspace that would foster adaptability, flexibility, and innovation in their way of working.
22 February 2022
With a global footprint spanning over 60 countries, a team of 10,000 employees, and nearly a century of industry expertise, AMFRESH sought to ensure their new workspace reflected the design and functionality of their established Peterborough office.
4 June 2021
Established in 2019, Sherlock Biosciences has transformed diagnostics through the use of CRISPR and synthetic biology. We were engaged to design and construct several specialized laboratories and clean rooms, integrated with office spaces, within a repurposed warehouse to enhance the development of rapid and accurate, disposable molecular diagnostic devices.
2 June 2021
Award winning digital marketing agency Crafted sought to expand its office space to accommodate its increasing headcount, building a hub that would support flexible working and enhance staff wellbeing. With a need to adapt to new hybrid working practices we designed an open, collaborative workspace to enhance connectivity and creativity.
1 June 2021
Transition Bio harnesses global talent to tackle fundamental health and disease challenges through its novel drug discovery platform. Their ongoing success has driven rapid expansion, necessitating additional office and laboratory space for their Cambridge (UK) team. We collaborated with them to design and construct a workspace that aligns with their brand colours and invigorates their teams both inside and outside the labs.
22 May 2021
I-MEX (M&E) Ltd, established in 2013, specialises in delivering residential projects across London and East Anglia, as well as commercial developments and research facilities in the East of England. Having previously worked together, the client entrusted us with designing and building their new office in Bury St Edmunds.
5 April 2021
BioMed Realty specialises in providing tailored real estate solutions for the life science and technology sectors. From offices to cutting-edge labs, their portfolio offers state-of-the-art commercial premises for companies to innovate and thrive. We collaborated with the client to plan, design, and construct a versatile space that reinforces their status as a leading life science real estate specialist in Cambridge.
3 June 2019
Stobbs Intangible Asset Management combines deep intellectual property expertise with sharp business insight, a passion for branding, and a hands-on approach to solving challenges. As an innovative law firm determined to break the mold, they wanted a workspace that reflected their bold identity—so we created one that does exactly that.
23 May 2019
Bidwells are a leading real estate adviser specialising in the UK's most pioneering sectors: science & technology, sustainability, and residential living, working across the Golden Triangle. We worked with Bidwells to design furniture, fixtures and equipment packages, build and furnish their refurbished workspace that would bring together over forty teams, in one of the country's first agile working communities.
23 May 2018
As a leading Top 100 law firm and one of the oldest in the UK, Birketts aimed for their new head office in Ipswich to be an inspiring, modern workspace that fosters team interaction and welcomes its growing visitor and client base.
