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One Coleman Street, previously Austral House (where a fleet of Mini Coopers emerge from in the opening scenes of the Italian Job), is the latest gem in a rush of new office buildings to rise along London Wall.That’s not to say this project, which marks the point at which the old London Wall merges with the new, went ahead post-haste. “The project was first approached in 1991, so it’s had what you might call a long fruition period,” explains David…

Walker & Martin’s headquarters for British car-leasing company Lex is a refurbished building in Stockport that celebrates interaction in the workplace, and it’s making people very happy The building chosen for the new headquarters of car-leasing firm Lex was a former training base for police dogs in Stockport, outside Manchester. Not the most auspicious of surroundings for an HBOS-owned company vying for “world-class” status. But David Walker, of London-based architecture practice Walker & Martin, had a vision to convert the…

Words by Kerstin ZumsteinWill Alsop’s first UK office project, on London’s South Bank, is now complete. The London Development Agency is the first tenant, occupying two floors fitted out by Sheppard RobsonFor the last three years, Londoners have eagerly been watching Will Alsop’s Palestra building emerge among the grey boxes on the South Bank. True to his famously flamboyant style, this £140m project has changed the face of Southwark. And it’s no surprise that the first tenant to move into…