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Godfrey Syrett completes £1.2m UWE project

North East furniture maker Godfrey Syrett has completed a £1.2m contract for the University of the West of England (UWE, Bristol) for its new state-of-the-art business school.

The new £55m facility brings together students and staff of both Bristol Business School (BBS) and Bristol Law School (BLS).

Godfrey Syrett’s team worked closely with the project coordinators at UWE Bristol, and project architect Stride Treglown, to identify the best furniture solutions for the new facility.

The building features two showcase law courts, a city trading room, a 300-seat lecture theatre, two Harvard lecture theatres, technology enhanced and flexible learning spaces, IT suites, meeting facilities, a central social space and a café.

Wynn Morris, national sales manager at Godfrey Syrett said: “With collaboration at the core of this new facility it was important the furniture solutions offered flexibility to foster interaction between students, staff and local businesses.

“Throughout the seven-floor building there are various breakout areas where we created informal spaces for meeting, relaxing or working, as well as semi-private booths creating space for more focused group work.

“We used furniture with integrated electrical points for enhanced learning spaces and in the main atrium a selection of benches and long tables provide an informal cafe space.

“This has been a very rewarding project for our team and we are all delighted with the end result.”

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