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Dundee Council Offices, Architecture Competition, Architect, Image, Design, News, Project
Dundee Civic Offices, East Scotland
Dundee City Council HQ - Images
Dundee HQ Approval
Dundee City Council HQ proposal approved
NEW CIVIC OFFICES (Dundee House) for Dundee City Council
Reiach and Hall Architects, after winning the competition to design
the City of Dundee Councils new £27M North Lindsay Street
offices, have now submitted this iconic and signature city-centre
project for planning approval.
Reiach and Halls winning scheme offers a new marker in the city,
fronted by an impressive civic logia, and allows daylight and fresh
air to penetrate deep into the plan creating light and airy workspaces.

image © Reiach and Hall Architects
The new offices, located on the site of the former DC Thompson print
works, retain, re-use and add to the existing building.
The original double height printing press hall is opened up at ground
floor to form a dramatic arcaded loggia connecting the one-stop-shop
reception and information area with the new extension of the Overgate
Centre Mall. The plan allows easy connections between all departments.
A proposed decked car park adjacent, imagines a new square for the
city, setting off the new buildings role as a civic institution
and destination.
An A+DS (Architecture + Design Scotland*) design meeting held in Dundee
reviewed the project before the planning application was submitted.
AD+S were encouraged by Dundee City Councils ambition
for this exciting project and supported the designs and
the way the new and old elements have been skilfully integrated.
AD+S welcomed the project teams approach to sustainability
and encourage them in their aspiration to achieve an excellent
BREEAM rating for the building. Supporting the reuse of the
existing building as a key part of the design approach and the connections
made between the council offices, the proposed civic square and the
Overgate Centre, AD+S felt the design responded to help tie
the building into the wider urban context.
(AD+S review dated 21 May 2007)

image © Reiach and Hall Architects
Dundee Council Offices - Project info:
Architects: Reiach and Hall Architects
Contract value: £27m
Client Name: Dundee City Council
Dundee Council HQ: Info from Reiach and Hall Architects 2007
Dundee City Council:
Improving customer contact
This new design for Dundee House will help build on the foundations
of 'Changing for the Future' for improved customer contact.
Dundee House will be the city council's new offices in North Lindsay
Street and will be geared towards providing first-class contact with
the public. A new flagship customer centre will be spread over the
whole ground floor of the offices, with dedicated staff and facilities
to help everyone.
People will be able to make a wide range of inquiries about every
aspect of the council's responsibilities. This will cover everything
from schools to roads, and from council tax to social work assessments.
The aim is to open the offices in about three years' time to replace
Tayside House, which is to be demolished as part of the Central Waterfront
development.
Dundee House will show the whole city how the council is constantly
looking at ways to make it easier for the people of the city to get
in touch and to get help.
Winning Design

Dundee Council HQ
Reiach and Hall Architects
Planning submission for new Dundee City Council £30m headquarters
Dundee House. Construction scheduled to start Spring 2008.
To replace 16-storey Tayside House.

Location: North Lindsay Street
Approx. budget: £30m
Approx. occupancy: 925 staff
Competition submission by gm+ad architects:

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