Location 77 Parkway, Camden Town, London NW1 7PU Contact Details Contact: Neville Surti Tel: 020 7504 1700 Email: info@ibcs-software.com Website: www.sheppardrobson.com Sheppard Robson was established over 70 years ago and has grown to 250 architects, designers, technicians and support staff in offices in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Abu Dhabi. Sheppard Robson's projects cover a diverse range of building typologies: Research facilities, Universities, Schools, Colleges, Offices, Headquarters, Interiors (ID:SR), Residential, Healthcare, Retail, Hotels, Arts and Cultural buildings. Many of its projects combine typologies to create large-scale mixed-use schemes. Sheppard Robson works from the macro-scale of urban design and masterplanning through to the micro-scale of interiors and product design. Sheppard Robson's in-house Science group employs over 40 architects with experience and skill in the brief development, design, documentation and construction of over 50 world-class and award-winning laboratory and R&D projects in the last ten years. Its projects look to the future, providing flexibility to adapt to new practices and requirements. Reflecting the practice's expertise, Sheppard Robson has written and edited the chapter on laboratory design for the two most recent editions of the Metric Handbook, the definitive guide in the UK to best practice in design. Sheppard Robson has significant experience of strategic partnering across all spectrums of business, from public sector through to corporate multinationals, where it has undertaken projects varying from substantial masterplanning proposals to the fit-out of incubator spin-out units. Sheppard Robson is committed to continuous improvement and evolves ideas and processes from project to project, refining the process to ensure design quality is maintained throughout, fully utilising the benchmarking of previous similar projects. Sheppard Robson's experience in the field of Bio Innovation Centres and Science Parks arose from the needs of its established Academic, Government and Corporate clients' requirements. The first two projects were completed in 2003. Sheppard Robson fully understands the commercial realities of research-based science parks where facilities require high levels of precision in carefully controlled environments at an appropriate cost. It applies an attention to detail that ensures facilities are designed to meet exacting requirements. The practice has extensive experience in the design and construction of science research projects, facilitating the creation of a generic or bespoke brief, delivering innovative responses and solutions and effective facilities, all ultimately supporting world-class research. Sheppard Robson is skilled in designing spaces that encourage interaction, enhancing the opportunities for informal as well as formal collaboration between scientists. Within its portfolio of experience Sheppard Robson covers a diverse range of wet and dry laboratories for scientific research as well as workshops for engineering-orientated facilities ranging in scale from small projects (£0.5m) to large and complex facilities (£200m+). Sheppard Robson is a creative collective – a meritocracy where the best ideas are promoted, developed and implemented. It does not adhere to a predetermined architectural doctrine. Rather, each project is seen as an opportunity to explore ideas that are uniquely defined by their brief, cultural and geographical context and the collective aspirations of the client and design team. What distinguishes Sheppard Robson from its peers and competitors is made explicit in the buildings it creates and the ideas it promotes. Its history continues to inform its work, but it is the breadth and depth of creative talent and its design-led processes that define Sheppard Robson today. The common recurring themes, including social conscience, innovation, technology transfer, sustainability and efficiency, have resulted in award-winning design and can be traced back through some of the early projects in the practice.