Copyright © 1976-201 8 BuroHappold Engineering. All Rights Reserved CLIEN T Cooperative Group / Hermes ARCHI T EC T Sheppard Robson SERVICES PROVIDED BY BURO HAPPO LD Structural engineering, ground engineering, civil engineering, acoustics, fire In April 1904, Manchester’s rapidly- growing Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) opened their nine-storey, New Drapery Warehouse (aka ‘E Block’) in response to an acute shortage of storage and showroom space. Three years later, Hanover House - a continuation of E Block’s design concept and materials - provided the Society with the Mitchell Memorial Hall, dining and smoking rooms, committee rooms, and a suite of offices. Quality design, innovation, and a pride in the organisation’s impressive buildings, were priorities for the S

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