Leisure, Healthcare & Communal Buildings

Patton Fit-Out has won an Interior Fit-Out award for its work at a library in Shepherds Bush, London.

The Ballymena company, part of the Patton Group, took the Gold Award in one of three major categories at the annual Interior Fit-Out Awards organised by the UK-wide Association of Interior Specialists (AIS).

The £1 million Shepherds Bush fit-out project took ten weeks to complete and included M&E services, internal fixtures and wall, floor and ceiling finishes as well as the installation of non-structural partitions, passenger lifts and a balustrade depicting a map of the general area around Shepherds Bush.

Patton Fit-Out was appointed as the main contractor for the internal aspect of the project and worked alongside architectural design practice FaulknerBrowns to develop the initial design concept and then with Quadrant Design to take the concepts to the next level.

Brendan Boyd, director of Patton Fit-Out, said: “The aspirations of the joint clients, Westfield and the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, were to challenge the preconceptions of a library and for it to be integral to the larger retail development. The design in essence, had to appeal to shoppers as well as existing library users. The finished interior is really spectacular and creates a facility that is both impressive and unique.”

Richard Robinson at Quadrant Design said: “We approached the detail development of the FaulknerBrown concept scheme and initial proposals with the view that we had to maintain the original design intent.

“The detail was further developed and elements, such as the projecting aluminium shards at first floor level, the carcassing to the book shelving system and the intricate suspended ceiling, that could be realised within the programme and budget were developed in conjunction with specialist manufacturers and suppliers.”

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