00:00Bentley is on a transformational journey it's right in the middle of a strategic
00:11program to reinvent the entire range for an electric future and part of that is
00:18an enormous investment here at the H of Bentley in crew but I've come to see a
00:23very specific building which is truly amazing and this is it this is one of
00:32the oldest buildings here at the home of Bentley it was built in 1938 in this
00:37wonderful art deck style but this building isn't just historic it's iconic
00:43too it's been visited by royalty and what I love is that they made the
00:48conscious decision to retain the old building but reinvent it for the 21st
00:52century and there's nothing greener than recycling and all beautiful
01:05everything at the front of the building is about celebrating the past but
01:09everything at the back is all about the future this is a new chapter in Bentley's
01:15design history and I have to see what they're doing here it's phenomenal it's
01:19innovative it's creative and it's created a wonderful environment for the Bentley
01:24designers to create those beautiful cars of the future
01:29you know what I think is really interesting it's like the Bentley designers
01:37are reinventing their range of cars for a greener and more sustainable future but
01:42at the same time the team here are reinventing this old building for a
01:46greener future too and it doesn't get much better than that I can't wait to see it
01:51finished
01:52so this is it the new Bentley design sensor all beautifully restored and
02:02converted this is a building that not only represents Bentley's past but Bentley's
02:07future too the duel in the cloud well look there you've got the new Bentley
02:12emblem it's the fifth iteration in the 106 history of Bentley
02:16soon as you walk in you see the beautiful original 1930 staircase and all of its glory
02:27it's been beautifully restored it just shows that when this was designed it was
02:32built to last
02:33you've got the beautiful brass hand the word bow the marble on the one of my
02:41touches is this tiny little brush strip that divides each section of stall to need
02:45yours and the result is a design space that respects and honors Bentley's past but
02:50also very much looks to the future you've got 50 designers all under one room
03:01and then this is the meaning level and what's magical about the architecture here is that
03:06Mina is looking down on the design studio now today it's very busy we're not just opening this
03:12building but we're also launching the Bentley EXP1 concept car so it's a high of activity down there
03:19but once everything is cleared this is the space where all the clean models that the cars will be
03:25a magnificent space that's all about creativity now I just wanted to show you this very special at
03:36this moment on the post of the staircase there's a little marker there it just commemorates the old
03:43staircase meeting the new little brass plate 1939 meets 2025 I have to say this is one of my favorite
03:54parts of the building I'm on the roof garden and here we have a whole new story to the building the
04:01roof garden is unbelievably important it's not just a space where all the team can hang out if you get a
04:06fantastic view over the campus it's a place to test out the look of the cars you want to see them in
04:13daylight so they come up and left and they go on these term tables I have to say it's been an honor
04:22and a privilege to have seen the transformation and be part of the opening remember this is one of
04:27the most historic and iconic buildings on the Bentley site and 86 years later it's been reborn as the new
04:36home at Bentley design and it's very much the beating heart of the Bentley campus for more videos simply subscribe
04:57and we'll see you next time
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