Horizon House, Bristol

For Westmark Developments

Gross area: 7,959sqm

Horizon House is part of the Deanery Road Development, a mixed use scheme comprising mainly offices and apartments, creating a new street frontage to Deanery Road adjacent to Council House, Central Library and Bristol Cathedral.

Now the national headquarters for the Environment Agency, the office space is predominantly open plan around a 5 storey atrium providing natural and mixed mode ventilation. Renewable energy systems include ground sourced heat pumps, solar thermal and photovoltaic arrays. The Bath stone and bronze panelled Deanery Road façade features a structural stained glass entrance pavilion by the artist Kate Maestri.

Winner of the 2012 BCO Regional Corporate Workplace Award; 2011 Insider Property Office Development of the Year Award; 2010 BREEAM Offices Award

‘’Our aim was to ensure that the environmental performance was exemplar and also to demonstrate that this could be achieved without any significant rental premium. Horizon House has provided a very dedicated and passionate workforce with an inspirational home that promotes collaboration and represents their strong environmental values.’’

Liz Buckle (Head of Corporate Assets for The Environment Agency)