James Cubitt wins Lagos Guinness head office design competition

JCA wins Design Competition for Guinness Head Office in Lagos

"Following the presentation of our design proposal, JCA crowned the year 2010 by emerging winners of the GUINNESS HQ, IKEJA, DESIGN COMPETITION.

Currently engaged in a design review, JCA looks forward to a good working relationship with the client." according to the architectural firm’s website.

ARCHITECTURAL giant, Messrs James Cubitt Architects (JCA), has emerged winners of the presentation of design proposal for Guinness headquarters building to be built in Lagos.

The firm known for its scintillating design brushed aside other competitors to be crowned the winners of the design competition staged last year.

Although details were sketchy, efforts to get Guinness communications department react to the development proved abortive. Currently engaged in a design review,

The development came on the heels of an aborted sale of the vast Oba Akran Avenue Ikeja industrial premises being offered for sale by the management of Guinness Nigeria Plc last year. The Guinness Nigeria Plc Ikeja brewery site had been put up for grabs for interested investors two years ago.

The property, described as “one of the largest chunks of prime industrial real estate in Nigeria,” occupies a 24.5 acres site complete with services, office blocks, huge warehouses, and large undeveloped land for future development.

James Cubitt Architects, Nigeria was set up by the London office (James Cubitt & Partners) in 1956, following an initial venture into Ghana. As the West African regional office, the Lagos practice was able to efficiently execute the increasing number of post-independent projects.

The firm has since executed projects in the educational, industrial, commercial and residential sectors. The current focus of the practice is commercial-office and residential, with the dominant clients being the banking and telecommunications industries. It also provides architectural consultancy, planning, project management and interior design services in Nigeria and neighbouring countries.

The company’s portfolio of recently completed projects includes the Lagos Civic Centre and Diamond Bank, Lekki, Stanbic IBTC Ajose Adeogun VI and Ford Foundation office proving that it is constantly reinventing themselves and remaining relevant. With a fully established office and over 50 years of design experience, James Cubitt Architects retains a reputation for cutting-edge design in Nigeria. Their core strength lies in its ability to translate every brief into simple, precise, yet bold forms, with a commitment to social and environmental responsibility.