BioCity Discovery Building, Nottingham

Nottingham is now home to a state-of-the-art, contemporary building for cutting edge bio-science and bio-chemistry research located close to the city centre. The project is a celebration of Nottingham’s rich bio-science history and creates a new gateway into the existing BioCity quarter, providing a fitting first node to the eastside regeneration development.

The flagship facility contains flexible research space, including a mixture of laboratories, incubator units, write-up spaces and offices. Additional areas for conference and meeting facilities, supporting the laboratory tenants, are provided on the ground floor.

The BioCity community and passers-by will benefit from a much-needed external amenity space which helps to establish links to the eastside of the city centre.

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"It is with a great sense of anticipation that we await occupation of the Discovery Building and great credit for that must go to CPMG."

Sustainability was an integral consideration throughout the entire design process and the building has a BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology) ‘excellent’ rating, incorporating renewable technologies such as solar PV panels. Power and heating are provided by the district heating system and a solar screen, designed by local artist Wolfgang Buttress, is provided to control thermal gain and glare.