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Threesixty Architecture has been selected to deliver a £6.5 million redevelopment project in Stromness, Orkney.
Highlands + Islands Enterprise has teamed up with Orkney Islands Council to create a new research, academia and business campus at the site of the old Academy and former Primary School of Stromness. Work will start on site in 2017, with completion on both buildings scheduled for 2019.
The facility will house existing and future occupants such as institutes, consultancies and new start companies, boosting economic development across Orkney.
Threesixty Architecture's design will renovate and unify the two existing buildings as one campus.
Features will include new entrances, improved circulation, open plan offices, and shared meeting spaces which frame views to the Stromness harbour. In addition, the The historic Old Academy building façades will be largely preserved while the Primary School envelope will be upgraded to harmonise it within Stromness' urban context.
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