 Home Office Headquarters at 2 Marsham Street 2 Marsham Street is the headquarters of the Home Office branch of the British Government as of March 2004. Before this date the Home Office was located at 50 Queen Anne's Gate. Image File history File links HomeOfficeLarge. ...
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50 Queen Annes Gate 50 Queen Annes Gate is an office block in Westminster, London, overlooking St Jamess Park, which was the main location for the UK Home Office department betweeen 1978 and 2004. ...
History The site was previously occupied by the Departments of the Environment and Transport. The headquarters offices of both departments were located in Marsham Towers - three 20 floor concrete towers. Construction was completed in 1971. It was demolished in 2003 to make way for the new building which the Home Office moved into in 2005. Marsham Towers The Marsham Towers were three towers situated on the corner of Marsham Street and Great Peter Street in Westminster, London. ...
Design Designed by Terry Farrell, the new building was financed through the Private Finance Initiative model with French construction firm Bouygues as contractor. It was completed within 34 months. The cost of £311 million will be spread over 29 years and will be partially met by the issue of bonds. The site is made up of three buildings, designated Seacole, Peel and Fry. They are named after Mary Jane Seacole, Robert Peel and Elizabeth Fry, figures who had significant impacts in areas within the Home Office's responsibility. The Marsham Street development also includes a block of residential flats, shops and restaurants. Terry Farrell may refer to: The actress Terry Farrell, most famous for playing Jadzia Dax on Deep Space Nine. ...
The Private Finance Initiative specifies a method, developed initially by the United Kingdom government, to provide financial support for Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) between the public and private sectors. ...
The Bouygues group is a French industrial group founded in 1952 by Francis Bouygues and since 1989 led by his son Martin Bouygues. ...
A drawing of Mary Seacole Mary Jane Seacole (1805–14 May 1881) was a British nurse who distinguished herself for her dedication and courage caring for troops during the Crimean War. ...
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Elizabeth Fry Elizabeth Fry (née Gurney; May 21, 1780 – October 12, 1845) was an English prison reformer, social reformer and philanthropist. ...
The buildings are connected by a bridge from the 1st to the 4th floors, forming part of a corridor that runs the whole length of the building. Staff call this corridor 'The Street'. During design, the emphasis was on creating a building with a community feel. To that end, the open-plan offices are well lit, situated around three central atria and overlooking turfed 'pocket parks'. The building has also been constructed to be energy efficient and to fall well within government energy-expenditure targets. The approachable effect of the building is enhanced by art-work by Liam Gillick who used coloured glass to change the feel of the building depending on the light conditions. Local Discussion Screen, 2001-02, by Liam Gillick Liam Gillick (born 1964) is a British artist associated with the Young British Artists (YBAs). ...
The site contains 46,500 m² (500,522 sq ft) of office space.
Critical Reception Since its completion in early 2005, 2 Marsham Street has been well received by the architectural community winning an RIBA Award for Architecture, a Leading European Architects Forum and MIPIM 2006 Awards. The contractor's provision of the building within the time-frame required has also been praised. [1] The Home Secretary at the time of the building's completion, Charles Clarke, has stated "By moving to a newer, more efficient headquarters, the Home Office will save taxpayers around £95m. This will contribute to the Home Office's programme to save £1.97bn so that we can target more money at front line services like policing and border control." [2] The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office and is responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales, and for immigration and citizenship for the whole United Kingdom (including Scotland and Northern Ireland). ...
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