The Renold Building in Manchester has been transformed into a 110,000 sq ft innovation hub, using reclaimed materials, low-carbon strategies and bold reuse to tell a new story of sustainability, resilience and regeneration.

Four SpaceInvader projects have been named finalists in the Mix Awards North 2025. From civic renewal to agile workplaces, each one reflects our belief that great design can drive positive, long-lasting change, for people, place and planet.

SpaceInvader is featured in Office Concept Design Magazine with ten projects that showcase how workplace design can balance performance, flexibility, sustainability, and identity in a changing world of work.

SpaceInvader is shaping the interiors of Europe’s largest Hampton by Hilton, bringing bold Manchester character and refined hospitality design to 325 Deansgate.

A decade after its debut, Hilton London Bankside enters a new phase with a 76-room expansion. SpaceInvader’s design brings together quiet luxury, smart technology and local character to enhance the guest experience.

SpaceInvader is designing the new Manchester HQ for JMW Solicitors at 125 Deansgate, creating a flexible, future-focused legal workplace that supports hybrid working, wellbeing, and collaboration.

Featured in Mix Interiors, Stockroom is a new civic landmark for Stockport, a community-first cultural and creative hub designed by SpaceInvader for Stockport Council. Shaped through deep local collaboration, the space redefines town centre design through inclusivity, sustainability and storytelling.

Eden at New Bailey and Oldham Spindles, two SpaceInvader projects, were recognised at the 2025 BCO National Awards for excellence in sustainable workplace and interior design, celebrating collaboration, innovation and positive impact in the future of UK workplaces.

In the run-up to the 2025 BCO National Awards, SpaceInvader looks back at Eden and Oldham Spindles, two shortlisted projects redefining sustainability and regeneration in workplace design.

What defines a truly successful mixed-use development?

At the Material Source roundtable in Manchester, SpaceInvader founder John Williams joined industry leaders to explore how design can go beyond blending uses, to actively connect people, places and purpose.

SpaceInvader’s design for Overbury’s Manchester workplace has been shortlisted in two categories at the FX Design Awards 2025. Discover how our role as workplace strategy consultants shaped a people-first, sustainable, and award-winning commercial environment.

SpaceInvader is joining the official Manchester delegation at MIPIM 2026, as a partner of the Manchester Invest Partnership. Returning to Cannes for the world’s leading urban festival, we’ll be showcasing how Manchester’s creativity and people-focused design are shaping the future of sustainable, commercially successful places.

Spindles Wins BCO Northern Innovation Award for Adaptive Reuse
SpaceInvader joined Oldham Council and partners to celebrate the official presentation of the BCO Northern Innovation Award at the newly transformed Spindles Shopping Centre. This award-winning project is a landmark in adaptive reuse, civic architecture, and high street regeneration, turning a 1990s shopping centre into a sustainable civic hub with public services, flexible workspaces, and community spaces at its core.

SpaceInvader transformed Manchester’s Renold Building into a sustainable innovation hub, reusing 95% of furniture and materials through circular design.

John Williams in North West Business Insider on how smart, tech-enabled design is shaping flexible, efficient, and human-centred workplaces.

Explore how we led a fast-track stadium interior design transformation at Birmingham City F.C. creating premium hospitality spaces now featured in Prime Video’s Built In Birmingham.

Ellie Stewart named one of Hotel SPACE Magazine’s Top 20 Rising Stars 2025 I Our talented interior designer Ellie Stewart has been recognised as one of the industry’s rising stars for her innovative, people-focused approach to hospitality design. Discover her journey, design insights, and featured work in the latest issue of SPACE Magazine.

In Design Insider’s feature, our Director + Founder John Williams invites us into his creative world through the lens of an ultimate dinner party, a concept that blends his design philosophy with his cultural influences.

SpaceInvader’s design for Overbury’s Manchester HQ has been featured in FX Magazine’s July/August issue. This project goes beyond office design, creating a people-focused workspace with organic shapes, biophilic details, and a colour palette inspired by Manchester’s urban landscape.

At Buile Hill Mansion in Salford, layers of history and design converge as SpaceInvader helps reimagine this Grade II listed building into an elegant hospitality venue. With careful material choices and a narrative rooted in heritage, the design balances contemporary needs with timeless appeal.