Parallel Architecture
The main co working hall with green seating under white roof trusses

The Collar Factory

Taunton, Somerset
Location
Taunton, Somerset
Sector
Workspace
Status
Complete, 2022
Services
Planning support, technical design, Building Regulations information, construction drawings
Collaborators
Shape Studio, interior fit out. Corbel, delivery

A Grade II listed Victorian shirt and collar factory in Taunton, converted into shared workspace for a private developer. The building had stood derelict; the conversion keeps the open industrial character, the high ceilings and the exposed brick while making modern, serviced offices of the interior.

Parallel provided planning support, technical design, Building Regulations information and the full construction drawing set, with the interior fit out designed and made by Shape Studio and delivery coordinated on site by Corbel.

The brick front of the factory with its dark metal extensionThe collar factory tower with its painted sign
The colonnade walkway along the buildingGlazed partitions and timber floors inside the workspace
Shadows cast by the rooftop signageThe entrance beneath the brick arch
The factory seen in its street context