Case Studies

Squire & Partners

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Overview

Squire and Partners is an award-winning architecture practice which has been designing and executing buildings on key sites in London and internationally
for over 35 years.

The practice’s architecture and interior teams work seamlessly to create design schemes inspired by locality and contextual history, for office and residential developments.

Utilising an extensive global network of high-end suppliers, interiors also regularly include bespoke elements such as door handles, furniture, joinery, light installations and wall coverings through collaborations with established British and European manufacturers. Experience with some of London’s most distinguished addresses has afforded Squire and Partners a reputation
high quality crafted British design.

Challenge – a stylish boiling, chilled and sparkling filtered water system

After 16 years in King’s Cross, Squire and Partners moved their 220 staff to a new home in Brixton in summer 2017. Having purchased a dilapidated Edwardian department store two years previously, the practice entirely reimagined the space allowing the existing fabric and layers of history to inform the new design. Serving only the three office floors, and accessed from communal teapoints, a ‘secret stair’ is enclosed within a black ply wall.

During this exciting project, Squire and Partners were looking for instant boiling and chilled filtered water system in matt black with a matching mixer tap to dispense hot and cold water to complement their copper-finish kitchen worktops and black cupboards.

Solution

Across all floors, Squire and Partners have selected our popular plus systems, combining boiling and chilled filtered water through the XL lever dispenser in Matt Black and hot and cold water from a Gooseneck Sink Mixer Tap in matching finish. For some of their teapoints, they chose our Quadra 4100 with XL lever dispenser in Matt Black to cater for a larger office and our Quadra Sparkling with XL lever dispenser in Matt Black.

The project was led internally by architects and designers and co-ordinated with Stoneforce, Colliers and DSA Engineering.

Squire and Partners have taken out the Billi Gold Maintenance Plan, a planned maintenance agreement covering servicing and filter replacement.