When embarking on the project to reimagine and develop the building into Great Western Studios, we knew ‘the constraints of the build would be its making,’ says Bryden Wood Board Director, Architecture,.

when I ask why they set up shop in W2, as opposed to joining the creative masses in the East End.His wife and business partner, Interior Designer, Anna Burles, adds, ‘more trees, more parks and we’re close to Notting Hill and Maida Vale.

It’s great.’ What’s more, they enjoy every Londoner’s dream of a ten minute cycle commute from their home in Queen’s Park to their GWS base.. Run For The Hills specialises in branding and interiors, making the most of Chris and Anna’s shared aesthetic, 'at the quirky, edgy, end of design.’ Hospitality projects from bars to restaurants, and even a boutique cinema, are where their complementary skills intertwine.‘One informs the other,’ says Trotman.‘There are lots of benefits...while my team work on the menu design, signage and website, etc., Anna’s team is concepting the interior.’.

Their GWS tenure began in 2012 when they simply rented two single desks in a shared space.Now, having grown in size, they occupy two adjoining studios.

Anna tells me, ‘We love being on the ground floor.

You see other people, their shopfronts.This is a landmark moment.

But it is also the latest chapter in a long story of Government-led collaborations with private sector clients and a new kind of supply chain, resulting in real progress and real, tangible outcomes, which benefit both private and public sectors..It is this kind of sustained, intelligent and joined-up collaborative approach that will bring about sector-wide positive change.

Government should be applauded for this consistent direction of travel, and it’s worth recounting the linked pieces of work that predate this latest announcement..The development of Platforms started back in 2016, when the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) appointed us to develop a new type of prison, focused on rehabilitative outcomes for prisoners.