23-11-2007
Woking. Lightbox. Marks Barfield Architects. 2007

The project's setting determined some of the choices in the design. Barfield chose to place the building as close to the canal and as far away from the five-lane motorway as possible, not only to integrate the museum into the town but also in order to create an icon of sustainable architecture.
This is demonstrated not only by the building's location but by a number of choices aimed at saving energy and drawing on natural energy sources.