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Global acclaim for Unilever Centre

Groceries magnate Lord Sainsbury has opened one of RG Carter Thetford’s most prestigious contracts - the Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, at Cambridge University.

He was helped by Prime Minister Tony Blair, who was not there in person... but joined guests by video link.
The multi-million pound complex was formally unveiled in March, before a global audience of visitors from more than 20 nations - among them China, Japan, South Africa, Poland and Chile.

Among the guests were Thetford directors Geoffrey Whistler and Peter Burton.
The Centre’s four floors, spanning 2,650 square metres, are dedicated to the study of molecular science.

Designed by award-winning Danish architect Cornelia Zibrandtsen, the building’s main features include an enormous steel tree structure in its library, supporting the second floor...