MAPLE PLACE CAFÉ
LOCATION Guildford, Surrey
CLIENT Wall Financial
YEAR 2025
PHASE Rezoning
SIZE 876 SF (GFA)
HEIGHT 1 Storey
Positioned at the heart of the crescent, the new café completes the ensemble and occupies its focal point, serving as both an architectural marker and a social anchor for the five-tower development. Its façade, clad in vibrant glass panels, weaves together the five signature tower colours into a shimmering “barcode”, a visual DNA that unifies the project. Through light and colour, the café becomes an emblem of collective identity, while offering a warm and welcoming interior atmosphere.
Conceived as a threshold between architecture and landscape, the café opens generously toward the central plaza and tower-framed courtyard, blurring the boundary between inside and out. Its orthogonal geometry reflects the disciplined language of the towers, ensuring formal coherence, while its intimate scale and transparency foster human connection. More than a café, it becomes a shared living room, a place to gather, pause, and strengthen community within the vibrant rhythm of the development.
Through form, colour, and openness, the café emerges as a vibrant social heart that connects architecture, landscape, and community life.
PROJECT TEAM
ARCHITECTURE JOG Architecture Inc
LANDSCAPE Bearmark Design & Landscape Ltd
CIVIL Citiwest Consulting Ltd
ELECTRICAL Nemetz (S/A) & Associates Ltd
MECHANICAL Ron Wong & Associates Inc
STRUCTURAL Glotman Simpson Consulting Engineers