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Boston Limited is one of the leading firms of Chartered
Architects based in Cambridge with a wealth of experience
in:
- Laboratory Projects
- Design of environmentally responsive buildings
- Exciting and contemporary design solutions
- Innovative construction and procurement
The firm has been established for over 70 years and
has built a reputation for delivering quality, complex
and highly serviced buildings to fast programmes within
stated budgets. Saunders Boston’s in-depth CAD
skills have practical application in the careful co-ordination
and integration of building fabric, structure and services
as well as more artistic uses in producing visualisation
and animations. The company is also known for the ability
to produce sensitive and aesthetically pleasing buildings
in settings that attract particular attention from planning
authorities.
The Cambridge area has been in the forefront of the
burgeoning British Biotech industry over the last 20
years and Saunders Boston have taken advantage of their
position in the city to develop the skills and knowledge
required to provide this sector with a first class service.
This particular market is characterised by a need for
flexible and highly serviced accommodation, often required
quickly because of commercial pressures.
Recent ‘science’ based clients include:
- Medical Research Council
- Dow Chemicals
- Monsanto
- Celltech Chiroscience
- BioFocus
- Oxford Biomedica
- University of Cambridge: Botanic Gardens, School
of Veterinary Medicine
- Millennium Pharmaceuticals
- Ionix Pharmaceuticals
- Amedis Pharmaceuticals
Recent notable projects include:-
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Granta Park.
Saunders Boston was appointed to design a new 30,000
sq foot ‘temporary’ laboratory facility
at Granta Park. The construction of the building started
within 4 months of Saunders Boston first being approached
by Millennium and was completed and occupied in a total
of 9 months from inception to completion. The project
houses over 90 scientists in both general and specialist
laboratories and has a very high services content requiring
a rooftop plant deck.
Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University
of Cambridge
Saunders Boston has been working with the world renowned
‘Vets School’ for a number of years. The
recently completed Equine Diagnostic and Rehabilitation
Unit is the second project, following the successful
delivery of a Equine Clinical Facility. A third project
for a Small Animal Operating Facility has just commenced
construction and outline designs are currently being
prepared for a fourth, larger and more complex facility.
Medical Research Council
The Human Nutrition Research Centre (HNR) at Peterhouse
Technology Park, Cambridge, is a special research unit
within the Medical Research Council with close links
to Addenbrookes Hospital and the University of Cambridge.
The unit was once part of the world famous Dunn Nutrition
Laboratory but is now a stand alone unit with the ability
to work on projects beyond the traditional government
funded research programmes. Saunders Boston developed
the concept design for the building and then concentrated
on the design of the 'fitout' to ensure that the HNR’s
exacting requirements for the large number of small
specialist analytical laboratories, write-up areas and
office space were met in full. Saunders Boston has been
actively engaged in the design of laboratories over
the last twenty years, carrying out both small and large
projects. They have the knowledge and ability to work
with end users to solve their ‘brief’ and
have used this experience to produce comprehensive but
flexible designs for the proposed buildings in the Cambourne
Research Quarter, ensuring that the specific needs of
any prospective tenant can be accommodated.
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