THE BUILDINGS /

• 1 Hardman Boulevard
• 1 Hardman Square
• 1 Hardman Street
• 1 Spinningfields Square
• 2 & 3 Hardman Boulevard
• 2 Hardman Square
• 2 Hardman Street
• Leftbank Apartments
• 1 The Avenue
• 3 Hardman Square
• 3 Hardman Street
• 4 Hardman Square
• Civil Justice Centre
• New Magistrates Court
• NCP Carpark
• 1 Crown Square
• Manchester Hotel

Civil Justice Centre

‘Justice is and must be seen to be done’ formed the principle for the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA – HM Government’s Department of Justice) brief for its new North West of England Civil Justice Centre, aiming ‘to create a building of European significance’.

The result of an international competition for Manchester’s ‘best building’ was a 16 storey, 300,000 sq ft building designed by the award winning Australian practice, Denton Corker Marshall, engineered by international design consultants Mott MacDonald, developed by Allied London and built by Bovis Lend Lease.

The building is vertically divided into public and private judicial uses and incorporates an environmental shield on the eastern elevation, distinctive glass cantilevered fingers at the end elevations and the west-facing atrium includes an 11,000 sq m suspended glass wall – the largest in Europe.

The CJC is one of the most sustainable buildings in Manchester; naturally cooled and ventilated, taking cool water from an aquifer 100m below ground and circulating around its 14, five metre high occupied floors, the building is estimated to have an economic life well beyond that of a typical commercial building.

Energy efficiency has been maximised and an ‘Excellent’ BREEAM rating obtained, confirming the project’s environmental and sustainable credentials, adding value over the whole life of the project. Most recently, the CJC was awarded the “Green Major Project of the Year” Award.

Architects:

Denton Corker Marshall

Status:

Completed