An £18m 100,000sqft Headquarters office for Imperial Tobacco, is set over four floors with associated car parking, energy centre and landscaping. The building has been future proofed for higher occupation densities. Public art has also been incorporated, which will be visible from the main road; the purpose of this is to enhance the approach to the building focusing on the main entrance. AWW has put sustainability at the heart of the scheme with a high quality, energy efficient, contemporary building which will achieve a BREEAM rating of ‘Excellent’. 500sqm of photovoltaic cells are being located on the roof, and an energy centre with bio-mass boiler and a duct reservation will enable the building to be connected to a district CHP system in the future. AWW’s approach to the fire strategy will allow for further subdivision of the building, making the current floor plate extremely flexible