19 Cornwall, Birmingham, UK

Built in 1989 and home to PwC in the Midlands for 27 years before they relocated in 2019, this 7-storey building has been transformed by Kier Property and Associated Architects into a sustainable workplace prioritising wellbeing and environmental performance, ticking all the right boxes for NABERS, WiredScore, Well and BREEAM.

Project Information

Project Name

Location

Building type

Building Condition Before Retrofit 

% Of Structure Retained 

Building Size m2 

Earmarked for Demolition? Y/N 

Building Repurposed/Change of Use? Y/N 

Developer  

Architect  

Engineers  

Contractor    

Environmental  

Embodied Carbon Data Available? 

Demolition Waste Diversion Estimates Available? 

Operational Carbon/Energy Use Data Available? 

Biodiversity Net Gain?     

Social Value  

Contribution to Housing stock? 

Improvements in Social Infrastructure? 

Effect on local businesses?  

Job Creation? 

Community Engagment? 

Financial  

Cost analysis Demolition vs. Refurbishment? 

Economic Value of Retrofit? 

Government Grants Available? 

What grants and financial incentives would have been beneficial?   

Policy and Regulatory  

Policies that disincentivise re-use? 

Policies that incentivise or facilitate reuse? 

Policy changes desired

Related links:

News story: 19 Cornwall tour report

19 Cornwall website

Kier website

Associated Architects website

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