Award-winning 13,500 sq.ft ‘incubator’ providing managed offices and shared facilities to encourage start-up businesses in Stokesley, North Yorkshire.

The internal layout promotes sociability, exchange of ideas and a sense of community for the new businesses. Office division provide flexibility to allow easy change in unit size and openness. The sculptural roof form and curving mesh-screened facade create a strong identity, expressing the council’s commitment to encouraging innovation.

Client: Hambleton District Council with
Yorkshire Forward & ERDF funding

Cost: £2 million

Status: Opened May 2006

Team: McDowell+Benedetti, Adams Kara Taylor, BDSP Partnership, Jackson Coles, Gillespies, Andrew Knight (public art consultant), Kathryn Hodgkinson (artist)