FCO offices Milton Keynes by Forme UK

Here's a small selection from my recent shoot at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's new premises in Milton Keynes, designed by Forme UK. The layout strictly follows a grid and uses furniture to help provide colour and to subdivide the space. There are some very swish breakout spaces, such as the one show above.

It was my first ever trip to the centre of Milton Keynes and it's an interesting, if rather strange place. Just like the FCO's offices, there's a strong adherence to the grid, which means that travelling around the place is quite disorientating but you can never get very lost. It's well maintained but lacks any sort of civic gravitas, with a rather flimsy feel to all the commercial developments. I'd like to go back and explore some more, as it's widely regarded as the most successful of the UK's post-war new towns.