Shasun Pharma Solutions, gatehouse, Sterling Place

Designed by Ryder and Yates 1972. For pharmaceutical company Sterling Organics. Comprises three buildings providing a main entrance to the industrial complex, offices and a restaurant linked by covered walkways. There was a courtyard garden behind a façade wall. Glazed panels enclosed the internal garden, which were painted different shades of green. The external walls were clad in modular pre-cast concrete panels using white quartz aggregate. Each wall had a single bull's eye window with a tear duct from sill to the ground to allow water to run off. The façade of the open plan office was all glass with glass ribs. The directors' offices had Pittsburgh solar reflective glass windows. The reception area was clad in brick and lit by a curved roof light. The interview room had a curved roof light of mirror glass with spot lights behind. The entrance had a huge cantilevered canopy with a slender open pylon. Inside there was a mural by Peter Yates showing the molecular structure of paracetamol. The conference room off the reception has mirror glazing which repeated the pattern. The buildings were air-conditioned. The plant on the roof was sculptural. LOCAL LIST