Project/Title: Powis Place

Location: Aberdeen

Building Type: Student Accommodation

Completed: November 2016

System: Aluprof MB 70 HI Windows
Aluprof MB SR50-N Curtainwall
Senior SPW500 Doors

Value: £500,000

Main Contractor: Kier Scotland

Architect: Carson & Partners

Description: Powis Place Student Residences accommodates 196 student rooms with associated common, staff, and ancillary areas, all arranged around a central landscaped courtyard with car parking beneath.

The building occupies a prominent urban block on one of the main approaches into Aberdeen. A bold, muscular form rendered in good quality materials defends the central courtyard from the busy urban environment beyond.

The building comprises of 6 storeys, the top two of which are set back to create landscaped terraces and, with a diminishing scale, compliments the quieter residential neighbourhood at the rear.

Marshall Brown designed, fabricated and installed curtainwall, windows and doors to the building.