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North East's 拢30m 'smartest office' opens in Newcastle city centre

One Strawberry Lane, the new head office for Home Group, was designed by Ryder Architecture, Overbury and DLA Architecture

The One Strawberry Lane office at night(Image: Home Group)

The doors to the North East’s ‘smartest office’ have opened in Newcastle city centre following a £30m construction project.

One Strawberry Lane has taken more than three years to take shape, but has now welcomed workers who can take advantage of its colourful breakout spaces, cafe, meeting pods and open plan workspaces. The building is one of only 80 buildings in the world to receive Smartscore certification – the highest possible global accreditation for modern buildings – making it the most technologically advanced in the region.

It was developed by Ask Real Estate and built by BAM Construction, creating or sustaining around 400 construction and supply chain jobs. The building was designed by Ryder Architecture and DLA Architecture, while interior designers Overbury were enlisted to carry out the internal fit out.

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Home Group, one of the 海角视频’s largest housing associations, first revealed designs for the building in 2019, and has now moved in to most of the five-storey, 70,000-sq ft space, in a move from its current base on the edge of the city, bringing around 700 of its 3,500 workforce into the building. Two of the five floors are also being let to external organisations, with law firm Armstrong Watson becoming one of the first when it moves in this spring.

Described as the city’s first ‘plug and play office’, all the technology in the building is designed to make life as easy as possible for users to allow more time for improved creativity and productivity.

Home Group directors said that, as well as boosting the city’s daytime and evening economies by around £2.5m per year with the migration of staff into the city centre, One Strawberry Lane aims to be an inclusive space bringing organisations and city stakeholders together.

Interior designers at Overbury created the look for One Strawberry Lane(Image: Home Group)
The new office has a raft of cool meeting areas and break out spaces(Image: Home Group)
One Strawberry Lane is the region's most technologically advanced and thought provoking workspace(Image: Home Group)
Designers of One Strawberry Lane have brought the outside in, creating colourful breakout spaces(Image: Home Group)

The building will act as a central hub to support the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE). Connected Voice, which supports the Newcastle and Gateshead VCSE sector, will be central to the hub when they move in this week. Its 800 members will tap into space to start-up or grow, business development support, training and development, as well as funding advice and assistance.