One Piccadilly Gardens

Fronting one of Manchester's most significant public squares, One Piccadilly Gardens has an important civic presence. Screening the square from the busy bus-filled Portland Street, its red brick façade has a strong base, middle and top with deeply modelled brick reveals. Breaking with the city's regular grid of streets, a double-height diagonal cut through the building forms a route linking Piccadilly gardens to the street beyond. Six floors of office space sit above restaurants and retail addressing the square.