News on 05 January 2001

Architecture and interior design company Tilney Shane has been working closely with ICI on a corporate real estate strategy for the relocation of its corporate centre.

Tilney Shane advised ICI on the choice of building and is now developing the workplace specifications. The new ICI headquarters will be in Manchester Square, London W1, in a new office development owned by Delancey Estates and scheduled to be handed over for the internal fit-out by the middle of this year.

While the Manchester Square development architects, GMW Partnership, are completing the envelope, Tilney Shane will be working closely with ICI’s facilities management team to create an appropriate internal layout and workplace attitude. Once the new headquarters has been completed, ICI staff will move there from the company's existing Millbank site.

Commenting on Tilney Shane’s early involvement in the project, architect and director Kathy Tilney said, “It is rare to have a client with the foresight to consult a designer before an office building has been identified. Having the opportunity to write the specification for the new headquarters at such an early stage will inevitably enable us to save ICI time and money in the long-run.”

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