1 New Park Square received an AJ Architecture Award in the Workplace Project (£20 million and over) category.

Designed by AHMM for the Dixon Jones masterplanned Edinburgh Park located on the western fringes of the Scottish capital, 1 New Park Square is a carefully designed development bringing a new office typology to the Edinburgh market.

The four-storey building features an impressive array of social spaces, including a café, restaurant, 200-seat conference centre and events venue which overlooks a new civic square. Flexible office spaces with generous floor-to-ceiling heights and an exposed concrete structure maximise daylight, thermal comfort and reduces energy use over time.

The project was praised by judges as a radical and appealing approach to the post-Covid workspace, demonstrating deep thinking around public spaces and ‘how to improve and maximise the experience for everyone’. They went on to say that 1 New Park Square was ‘doing so much good that others are completely missing’, thanks to the ambition of its client and architect. The connection between the building’s interior and the outdoor and green spaces ‘was really beautifully done’ with a ‘manner and simplicity that made it easy to connect’.