The Spine launches in Liverpool - set to be the 'healthiest' building in the UK |The Guide Liverpool

Liverpool’s new Mayor Joanne Anderson and Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor, Steve Rotheram will officially open one of the world’s healthiest buildings today (Friday, 21 May).

The landmark building, The Spine, based in Paddington Village, has been designed according to the scientific and medical research principles established in the international WELL Standard to achieve WELL Platinum. It is on track to be one of the healthiest workspaces for mental health and physical wellbeing in the UK.

Costing £35m to construct, it is the first Grade-A office building in the Liverpool City Region for more than a decade. It will also be the highest in the city, sitting proudly at the eastern gateway to the Knowledge Quarter Liverpool (KQ Liverpool) Innovation District.

The 200,000 square foot, 14-storey building, designed by architecture and building consultancy practice AHR and built by City Council appointed contractors and construction partners Morgan Sindall Construction, stands more than 500ft above sea level, commanding spectacular views across the city and as far as Snowdonia, the Lake District and the Pennines.