Eden is a 12-storey office building at New Bailey, a vibrant mixed-use regeneration masterplan in Salford, Greater Manchester. A LETI Pioneer project, it is designed to achieve net-zero operational carbon and champion sustainability, resource efficiency and wellbeing at every level. Delivered for ECF (a joint venture between Muse, Legal & General and Homes England), Eden dramatically enhances the biodiversity of the masterplan with its 3,300m2 living wall, introducing a major piece of green infrastructure on the site of a former surface car park.
Beneath its verdant facade, the building has been continuously refined to improve building performance wherever possible – from using reclaimed and natural materials through to reducing the weight of the lift cars to reduce operational energy. These efforts have resulted in Eden also being the first new build commercial project in the UK to achieve a 5.5-star NABERS UK ‘Design Reviewed’ Target Rating.
Project architect Stuart Fraser said: “As a pioneering sustainable development, Eden demonstrates how ambitious environmental goals can be achieved within budgetary constraints. The project transforms a former surface car park into a thriving green landmark, offering a blueprint for future urban developments and showcasing how innovative design can drive meaningful environmental, social, and economic change.”
Eden will now go on to compete for the National Awards alongside other regional winners in October later this year.
