Sep 12 2013: Coda Studios celebrates 10th anniversary with new HQ move
AWARD winning Sheffield architectural practice Coda Studios has celebrated its tenth anniversary with a move to new headquarters.
The company was previously based in offices at Mowbray Street but has now relocated to nearby Cornish Place in the heart of the city’s historic Kelham Island industrial quarter.
The move will meet the needs of a rapidly expanding workforce as the company continues to attract major contracts both locally and nationally.
“Our original intention had been to expand within our old space but as the team grew and our client base developed both in South Yorkshire and across he country it became clear that we needed much more space than Mowbray Street could offer,” said Managing Director David Cross.
Coda currently employs a staff of 21 and this is expected to grow to more than 30 within the next 12 months.
“Cornish Place, which is a Grade II listed building, will be the ideal location for a company with our outlook,” David added. “I really cannot think of a better tenth birthday present for the company that a move to such an exciting new home.
“The regeneration of historic city centre buildings to meet the needs of 21st century life and business is something that is central to our design philosophy and the Kelham Island area is already a well established urban village.”
The new 3,000 square foot offices are, in fact, just a few yards away from Coda’s latest city centre developments, the £2 million Dun Fields project – a major city centre housing scheme – and Smithfield, which will see the creation of new inner city housing.
“We are delighted to be staying in this area of the city, which has so much potential for further growth and regeneration,” said David.
“To have continued trading through one of the worst decades of recession anybody has known is a tribute to the Coda team as a whole.
“I believe we survived and then began to grow again because we were flexible, friendly, young, dynamic and we provided what the market wants, which is an imaginative approach to the architectural needs of the 21st century.”