The Forum

A net zero carbon digital campus designed to catalyse Gloucester’s emerging cyber and creative economy.

Client Reef Group

Project Role Executive Architects, Interior Design

Scale 125,000 sq.ft.

Status Under Construction

The Forum forms a central part of King’s Quarter, Gloucester’s long-term regeneration programme led by Reef Group in partnership with Gloucester City Council. Positioned between King’s Square and the city’s transport hubs, the site occupies a pivotal location at the heart of the city centre. Previously dominated by a large, inward-looking car park and retail block, the ambition was to transform this disconnected area into an open, legible and future-focused digital quarter.

At the centre of the vision is Cathedral Walk — a new pedestrian route running through the site, reconnecting key parts of the city and framing long views towards Gloucester Cathedral. The Forum is designed not only as a destination in its own right, but as a gateway linking King’s Square, the retail core and new residential neighbourhoods, supporting economic growth and civic life.

Key Stats

125,000

sq.ft

of digital office space

131

bed hotel

8,000

sq.ft

leisure space

Net Zero carbon

Delivering a high performance city quarter

Appointed as Executive Architects post-planning, we led the architectural delivery of the Forum across two interconnected plots, working closely with Reef Group, Urban R and Kier Construction to translate a bold vision into a buildable, future-ready reality.

Our role focused on unlocking flexibility, efficiency and long-term value. We introduced strategic layout changes, including revised core locations and a rationalised structural grid, improving subdivision potential, adaptability and letting performance across the digitally advanced office spaces. We led the detailed design of the architecture and interiors, ensuring the scheme’s high-tech aesthetic was realised without compromising buildability, cost certainty or programme.