London, United Kingdom
Completion Date:
October 2009
Owner:
Scottish Widows
Program: A mixed-use revitalization of three buildings on a London block, anchored by two office buildings for the investment firm Scottish Widows. At 58,534 square feet, the New Bond Street office consists of five stories added to existing street-level retail space. The five-story St George Street office contributes another 62,926 square feet. Sandwiched between the offices, on Maddox Street, is a luxury residential building with ground-floor retail space; Eric Parry Architects refurbished the 18 apartments above. The development also includes a central courtyard shared by the three buildings.
Design concept and solution: Retaining two of the block's facades—Regency on Maddox Street and Hanoverian on St George Street—the architects wanted to preserve the conservative character of the streets while adding an uplifting dose of contemporary design. The facade at New Bond Street features floor-to-ceiling curved-glass oriel windows that jut out over the street, allowing occupants to stand in the windows. Between the oriels, ceramic fins add depth and movement to the facade, an effect enhanced by the reflective glaze on the facade's ceramic cladding. For the second office, the architects gutted the interior and preserved the red brick facade and dormer windows on the building's St George Street side while adding another floor and a roof. They extended the office onto Maddox Street by removing a concrete building; the new construction on Maddox features a cantilevered black aluminum and glass-block facade.
Architect:
Eric Parry Architects
28-42 Banner Street, London EC1Y 8QE, UK
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PeopleOwner: Architect: Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Engineer(s): Services engineer: Hilson Moran Consultant(s): Quantity Surveyor: Gardiner & Theobald Façade Engineer: Arup Façade Engineering Townscape Designer: Richard Coleman Citydesigner Planning Consultant: Gerald Eve Approved Inspector: Approved Inspector Services Party Wall Surveyor: Joel Michaels Acoustic Engineer: Deane Austin Associates Fire Safety Engineer: Safe Consulting Rights of Light: Anstey Horne Art Consultant: Modus Operandi Artists: General contractor: Bovis Lend Lease Photographer(s): CAD system, project management, or other software used: |
ProductsSelected Subcontractors Stone: Szerelmey Ltd Demolition: McGee Group Steelwork: Rowecord Engineering Concrete: J Coffey Construction Joinery: Ellmer Construction Maddox St Houses: Ellmer Construction Faience installation: Irvine Whitlock Ltd Mechanical: MJ Lonsdale Electrical: Hills Building Services Drylining: Kent and Roberts Brick and blockwork: Lesterose Builders ltd Metalwork: Balguard Engineering ltd Shopfront: Bassett and Findley Plant Screens: Emtec Products Roofing: 5M Ltd Lifts: Otis Raised Floors: Access Flooring Services Mosaics: Orsoni Selected Suppliers Ironmongery: Allgood Plc Fibrous Plaster ceilings: Ribbon and Reed Ltd Reception Desk: Page Lacquer Company Ltd Purbeck stone: W J Haysom & Son Lighting: Lumitron, Zumtobel, Concord, Thorn, Erco, Bega, Modular Lighting, Rigens Brick and Block: Ibstock Carpets: Brintons Paint: Dulux, Farrow and Ball Green Roofs: Greenfix Skygarden Timber Floors: Arden and Hodges Glass Blocks: Pittsburgh Corning Cladding Glazing: GIG (Flachglas, Finiglas Wernberg, Eckelt, St Gobain) Cladding Coatings: Agru GmbH Vitreous Enamels: A J Wells & Son |
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