
Willis Faber & Dumas Headquarters
Ipswich 1971–1975
The headquarters for Willis Faber & Dumas challenged accepted thinking about the office building. Innovations such as the use of escalators in a three-storey structure, and the social dimension offered by its swimming pool, rooftop restaurant and garden, were conceived in a spirit of democracy in the workplace. It also pioneered the use of raised office floors, anticipating the revolution in information technology.
- Authors
- Norman Foster, Kenneth Powell
- Series editor
- David Jenkins
- Designer
- Thomas Manss & Company
- Publisher
- Prestel Verlag
- 2013
210 × 210mm
96pp
Hb c.60 colour
30 b&w illustrations
978-3-7913-4686-1