Projects > Arc
Veretec were appointed Executive Architects for Vinci Construction on behalf of Sovereign Centros.
The Arc is a £100m mixed-use scheme to provide a heart to Bury St Edmunds town centre. The redevelopment of a 12 acre former cattle market site provides 24,250sqm / 261,000sqft of new retail space creating a vibrant new quarter that enhances the existing town centre.
This includes a Debenhams department store and a further six buildings with 35 new shops, cafes and restaurants, 62 stylish apartments, an underground car park and a new multipurpose public venue arranged around open shopping streets and a new public square.
The 7,850sqm / 84,500sqft three storey Debenhams anchor store incorporates a unique complex bespoke designed cast aluminium cladding system comprising 2,800 custom made diamond-shaped panels with over 300 varying pattern shapes.
The development won a BCSC Gold Award in 2010, a RIBA Award in 2011 and a Civic Trust Award in 2012.
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Client: Centros Miller
- Design Architect: Hopkins Architects
- Contractor: Vinci Construction (Taylor Woodrow)
- Services: Executive Architect
 "Excellent Hopkins designed mixed use project creating a vibrant new quarter")
 "Pargetting render facades above retail colonnade")
 "2 storeys of apartments above cafes and shops")
 "Three storey Debenhams anchor store")
 "2000 custom designed aluminium panels with over 300 differing patterns")
 "Dramatic curved panels with over 300 individual patterns")
 "Structural support grids wrapping around the anchor store drum")
 "Structural support grid for the bespoke aluminium panels")
 "Diamond shape aluminium cladding panels during installation")
 "Debenhams anchor store cladding during construction")