The 7th floor of The Lewis Building in Birmingham is home to the first regional ‘supersite’ within the BGF group. Each regional office has been designed with its own unique identity. The Birmingham workplace uses the infamous ‘automotive’ industry as its foundation.

Above a steel reception desk/come engineer’s bench a wall of actual car body parts replicates the paint colour charts of the 60’s.

The main bar facade is reminiscent of the famous Rolls’ grill; huge corten plates form the base like an engineer’s deck.

A long leather bench seat replicates the back seat of a Bentley complete with pull down arm rests. Wire mesh infills of steel factory windows mirror radiator fronts of old.

The overall space, with mechanicals exposed and existing girders multiplied and amplified, suggests a car factory type feel. Overhead a crane gantry carries industrial lights from one end of the building to the other – as if carrying body parts. Elsewhere factory industrial lights wash a beautiful warm light throughout.