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Brent civic centre
Brent Civic Centre is the headquarters of Brent London Borough Council, situated on Engineers Way in the Wembley Park area of the London Borough of Brent. It was opened in 2013, replacing the former headquarters at Brent Town Hall located a mile north on Forty Lane. The building was designed by Hopkins Architects, who also designed Portcullis House at Westminster.
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Most of Brent's civic and administrative functions and offices are based at the civic centre, which provides office space for 2,000 Brent staff. It is intended to provide most of the Council’s services in one place (other than its archives, which are at Willesden Green), as well as acting as a community hub. It includes a library and two cafés, entertainment spaces, meeting rooms and a wedding garden.
Brent Civic Centre has been awarded a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating. It reduces its carbon emissions by a third thanks to solar shading, natural ventilation and a combined cooling, heating and power using waste fish oil.
The building has been described by one journalist as "like ...the parliament of a small nation state."