KX MASTERPLAN IDENTIFYING/ANALYSING/ DOCUMENTING THE SITES OLIVER BALDOCK. DECEMBER 2018. ARCH7043.
DEVELOPMENT SITE A BUILDING A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | A5 King’s Boulevard
CURRENT STATUS: FORTHOMING / ON SITE 2018 BUILDING USE: OFFICES / COMMERCIAL NUMBER OF FLOORS: 7 - 11 (WITH 2 BASEMENT LEVELS) SIZE: 81,000m2 ARCHITECTS: BJARKE INGELS GROUP / HEATHERWICK BDP AS EXECUTIVE ARCHITECT CONTRACTORS: LENDLEASE COST: £600m BREAAM STATUS: OUTSTANDING COMPANIES INSIDE: GOOGLE (DEEPMIND HEADQUARTERS) NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 4,500 (POTENTIAL FOR 7,000) OTHER FACILITIES: Cafe, gym, pool, multi-use games area, events centre and landscaped roof garden. retail at ground floor level.
Influenced by these surrounding new building for Google like a pi made from a family of interchan ensure that the building and its w for years to come. HEATHERWICK
Our design for the new Google C rooted in the local character of th of the contextually defined b creating continuously cascading will connect Googlers across mu up the ground floor and activa light and airy workspaces are sa terraced gardens on the roof – an and shops on the ground. BJARKE INGELS
gs, we have treated this iece of infrastructure too, ngeable elements which workspace will stay flexible
Campus at King’s Cross is he area, taking advantage building envelope while work environments that ultiple floors. By opening ating the roofscape, the andwiched between the nd market halls, auditoria
DEVELOPMENT SITE B BUILDING B1 Two Pancras Square
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED BUILDING USE: COMMERCIAL/ RETAIL GROUND FLOOR NUMBER OF FLOORS: 9 SIZE: 1450m2 ARCHITECTS: ALLIES & MORRISON CONTRACTORS: AKTII COST: £40m BREAAM STATUS: OUTSTANDING COMPANIES INSIDE: KIMCHEE / MAPLE & KINGS / NIKE / BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION / AUTO TRADER UK ELECTROCOMPONENTS (RS COMPONENTS) / MERCK & CO.,INC / VISTAPRINT / PRS FOR MUSIC / BASCA COST: £1065sqm/yr to let. OTHER FACILITIES: Retail at ground floor level. Large roof garden.
The facades are composed from outer masonry layer, behind w and glass inner layer. As the bui window surrounds become more glass layer recedes into the build completely absent, revealing a gl ALLIES & MORRISONS
m a white precast stone which sits a fine metal ilding rises, the masonry e delicate, whilst the inner ding. At the final floor it is limpse of the sky.
DEVELOPMENT SITE B BUILDING B2 One Pancras Square | Gridiron
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (NOV.2013) BUILDING USE: COMMERCIAL/ RETAIL GROUND FLOOR NUMBER OF FLOORS: 8 SIZE: 5120m2 ARCHITECTS: DAVID CHIPPERFIELD CONTRACTORS: BAM CONSTRUCTION / GARDINER & THEOBOLD / GRONTMIJ COST: £18m BREAAM STATUS: OUTSTANDING COMPANIES INSIDE: THE OFFICE GROUP / LOUIS VUITTON (RETAIL) / BROADGATE ESTATES / DXC TECHNOLOGY / VINOTECA (RESTUARANT) OTHER FACILITIES: Entrance to underground. Two commercial units at ground floor.
The design expresses strong t vertical elements: concrete floo the building’s envelope while emphasise and articulate the adding character and depth, and and beam structures.
On the ground floor, the façad double height colonnade defined columns, providing a sheltered p the ground floor on all sides. The m east and west façades, leading in lined with Italian black marble a polished plaster above. A pair of c main structure and defines the i the eight storeys of column-free flexibility for tenants and accessib DAVID CHIPPERFIELD
tectonic horizontal and orplates extend beyond 396 cast iron columns rhythm of the façades, d recalling traditional post
de is recessed to form a d by the freestanding iron public area and access to main entrances are on the nto a double height lobby at ground level and white central cores provides the internal arrangement for office space, maximising bility for staff and visitors.
DEVELOPMENT SITE B BUILDING B3 Five Pancras Square
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (JULY.2014) BUILDING USE: COMMERCIAL/ RETAIL GROUND FLOOR NUMBER OF FLOORS: 11 SIZE: 22,700m2 ARCHITECTS: BENNETTS ASSOCIATES CONTRACTORS: LA ARCHITECTS / KIER CONSTRUCTION/ WEEDON PARTNERSHIP / GARDINER & THEOBOLD / AKTII / GRONTMIJ COST: £48m BREAAM STATUS: OUTSTANDING / VARIOUS OTHER AWARDS COMPANIES INSIDE: LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN & LESIURE CENTRE OTHER FACILITIES: Library. Two Pools. Fitness Centre. Customer Access Centre (One Stop Shop?). Art byb Mark Titchner and Darel Seow from Central St Martins.
5 Pancras Square is a fantastic n for Camden as well as being on buildings in the UK. The building massive leap forward in how we w effectively as a Council to deliver project was funded by a major re old office buildings across the bo for the build, saving money on reflecting the smaller size of the cuts.
COUNCILLOR THEO BLACKWELL Cabinet Member for Finance and
Two weeks in and my inbox is ligh meeting spaces. I can quickly gra few of us can get together in one STAFF FEEDBACK
new public services hub ne of the greenest public g will allow us to make a work efficiently and costservices to residents. The eorganisation and sale of orough. This raised money n future repair bills and e council due to austerity
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hter and I rarely use formal ab someone for chat or a e of the breakout areas.”
DEVELOPMENT SITE B BUILDING B4 Six Pancras Square
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (2015) BUILDING USE: COMMERCIAL/ RETAIL GROUND FLOOR NUMBER OF FLOORS: 11 SIZE: 49400m2
Three key materials, namely coat aluminium and terracotta were arrangements and seventeen dif help the building to carry a uniqu
ARCHITECTS: WILMOTTE & ASSOCIES CONTRACTORS: SANDY BROWN ACOUSTIC ONSULTANCY / VINICI CONSTRUCTION / AKT II / ADAMSON ASSOCIATES COST: £78m BREAAM STATUS: OUTSTANDING / VARIOUS OTHER AWARDS
VINICI CONSTRUCTION
COMPANIES INSIDE: DRAKE & MORGAN (RESTAURANT) YOUTUBE SPACE LONDON / EVANS CYCLES / LEON / WASABI / GOOGLE. OTHER FACILITIES: 90m running track on the roof. Google leased building from BNP Paribas as they wait for new building. Gym. Recording Studios for Youtube. Town Hall spaces. 90 Modular meeting rooms.
ted glass, black anodized e fitted in a variety of fferent types of panelling ue appearance.
DEVELOPMENT SITE B BUILDING B5 Four Pancras Square
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (2017) BUILDING USE: COMMERCIAL/ RETAIL GROUND FLOOR NUMBER OF FLOORS: 10 SIZE: 18000m2 ARCHITECTS: ERIC PARRY ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: SANDY BROWN ACOUSTIC ONSULTANCY / VINICI CONSTRUCTION / AKT II / ADAMSON ASSOCIATES COST: £45m BREAAM STATUS: OUTSTANDING COMPANIES INSIDE: UNIVERSAL MUSIC NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 1000 OTHER FACILITIES: All floors except Level 1 have access o an amenity terrace or balcony offering spectacular views
The materials of the façade are we glazed ceramic for the horizonta expressed steel as a structure reca of the industrial revolution and t the expansion of London. The g material that in the 19C and early was used in response to the dir European cities of these times. T the steel absorbs light in contras the ceramic that reflects light. ERIC PARRY ARCHITECTS There is a great satisfaction to be celebration as well as its ability backdrop JON ASTBURY, AJ
eathering steel and white al brise soleil shading. The alls the heroic engineering the railways that enabled glazed ceramic was the y modernism architecture rtier environment of the The natural patination of st to the glazed surface of
had in its sheer structural to slot into an industrial
DEVELOPMENT SITE B BUILDING B6 Three Pancras Square
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (2016) BUILDING USE: COMMERCIAL/ RETAIL GROUND FLOOR NUMBER OF FLOORS: 10 SIZE: 15200m2 ARCHITECTS: PORYPHYRIOS ASSOCIATES / AKT II / GRONTMIH / BAM CONTRACTORS: AKT II COST: £70m BREAAM STATUS: EXCELLENT COMPANIES INSIDE: HAVAS (GLOBAL ADVERTISING) / JIGSAW (RETAIL) NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 1700 OTHER FACILITIES: Cafe at ground floor. Private roof terraces on floors 7, 8 & 9.
Given the building’s regular sha size and layout of the building space to be created by adopting steel floor structure with an integ backs to the north elevation ad but it needed an array of tiered t the edge of the steel frame to m space, whilst maintaining the con
AKT II. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
ape and central core, the g allowed a column-free a lightweight composite grated services zone. Setdd drama to the façade, transfer structures within maintain the column-free nsistent structural zone.
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DEVELOPMENT SITE C BUILDING C Great Northern Hotel
CURRENT STATUS: REFURBISHMENT COMPLETED IN 2013 BUILDING USE: HOTEL NUMBER OF FLOORS: 10 SIZE: 15200m2 ARCHITECTS: DEXTOR MOREN ASSOCIATES CONTRACTORS: ARCHER HUMPHRYES ARCHITECTS / MACE / RAMBOLL /MDA CLIENT: RAM COST: £42m BREAAM STATUS: VERY GOOD OTHER FACILITIES: Grade II listed. First opened in 1854, and has been derelict since 2001. Tribute Portfolio Hotel. Part of the Starwood Hotels & Resprts Group. Home to Plum + Spilt Milk (brasserie) & GNH Bar & Kiosks (a food hatch)
For all the bustle churning around domestic ambiance takes hold qu In part, that is a product of the sc ground floor. Prior to the sale to R enabling works which dropped with the street but also establish but the west-facing facade, sub internal area.
Designed by Victorian master b architect behind Kings Cross ra Northern Hotel first opened in 18 age of steam with railway hotels and the Great Northern Hotel s landmark. Now skillfully renovate luxury boutique hotels in Londo II-listed features evoking the glam past. The GNH is firmly entwined w the regeneration of this vibrant Lo GNH LONDON
91 Luxurious rooms.
d the building, a markedly uickly once we are inside. cale of the spaces on the Robson, Argent undertook the floor level to accord hed an arcade around all bstantially reducing the
builder Lewis Cubitt, the ailway station, the Great 854. This was the golden s seen as status symbols soon became a Victorian ed, it is one of the finest on with is original Grade mour of its extraordinary with both the history and ondon neighbourhood.
DEVELOPMENT SITE D BUILDING D German Gymnasium
CURRENT STATUS: REFURBISHMENT COMPLETED IN 2013 BUILDING USE: RESTAURANT NUMBER OF FLOORS: 10 SIZE: 15200m2 ARCHITECTS: CONRAN+PARTNERS CONTRACTORS: ARCHER HUMPHRYES ARCHITECTS / MACE / RAMBOLL /MDA CLIENT: RAM
Designed by Edward Gruning, t was the first purpose-built gym was influential in the developme It was built in 1864-65 for the Ger This sporting association establish Ernst Ravenstein.
COST: £42m BREAAM STATUS: VERY GOOD
The building cost £6,000 and w German community in London. Association held the indoor eve Games here in 1866. These game the German Gymnasium until t 1908.
OTHER FACILITIES: Grade II listed. First opened in 1854, and has been derelict since 2001. Tribute Portfolio Hotel. Part of the Starwood Hotels & Resprts Group. Home to Plum + Spilt Milk (brasserie) & GNH Bar & Kiosks (a food hatch)
The main exercise hall was a g with a floor to ceiling height of 57 were practised here, including In broadsword practice. The German a forward-thinking approach to classes taking place here from as
91 Luxurious rooms.
GERMAN GYMNASIUM
the German Gymnasium mnasium in England and ent of athletics in Britain. rman Gymnastics Society. hed in London in 1861 by
was funded soley by the . The National Olympian ents of the first Olympic es continued annually at the White City games in
grand and elegant space 7ft. Long forgotten sports ndian club swinging and n Gymnastics Society had o women’s exercise, with s early as 1866.
DEVELOPMENT SITE E
BUILDING E Seven Pancras Square - wraps around Stanley Building CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (2014) BUILDING USE: OFFICES / RETAIL AT GROUND NUMBER OF FLOORS: 5 SIZE: 2800m2 ARCHITECTS: STUDIO DOWNIE ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: BAM SUSTAINABILITY / WELLS MACKERETH / ARUP / GARDINER & THEOBOLD / AECOM/ LUSIVE LIGHTING CLIENT: RAM COST: £3m BREAAM STATUS: EXCELLENT COMPANIES INSIDE: THE OFFICE GROUP / WARWICK UNIVERSITY / RADTAC / GRANGER & CO (RESTURANT) / GOOGLE DEEPMIND OTHER FACILITIES: Solar PV / Green Wall / Reuses of Stanley Builidng.
Built in the 1860s, the Stanley Bu remaining examples of early so Due to the historic interest of th Seven Pancras Square was sym so unnecessary structural chan refurbished the Stanley Buildi meeting rooms, and designed th provide open plan, modern offi successfully integrate old and ne Building Information Modelling (B cloud point surveys of the entire to create detailed structural mode which were undulating or out of to better plan our works. BAM DESIGN
The building unites a Grade II tenement block with a new shell building where the lightweigh of the new building envelope brickwork of the original Stanley STUDIO MACKERETH
uilding is one of the only ocial housing in London. he building, the design of mpathetic to it’s heritage, nges were avoided. We ing’s small rooms into he new build section to ffice space. In order to ew components, we used BIM) extensively. We took existing Stanley building els, highlighting any walls f plumb, and allowing us
I listed Victorian former l-and-core glass and steel ht transparent materials the heavy characterful Building.
DEVELOPMENT SITE F BUILDING F The Filling Station
Previously a petrol garage, this small triangular site was the location of a small resturant / pavilion designed by carmody groake architects. In 2016 this was removed to be replaced by a small office building showcasing exemplar flats around the site run by gasholders london. It has now, however, seemingly been taken over by onyx apartments as their show flats now that the gasholder are complete.
Crucial to the project’s inception permanent building, that will exis new homes are built on the site a Cross development. The issue of l the way in which Carmody Groar build; reusing the existing canopy is critical to its viability. The struct is constructed from scaffolding an modules that can be recycled at DEZEEN - 04/06/2012
Below: Carmody Groakes previou
is that this is a semist for two years, before as part of the King’s life span has informed rke have approached the y, shop and site services ture for the enclosure nd fibreglass cladding the end of the project.
us design.
DEVELOPMENT SITE G
PAVILION G The Lighterman - Pavilion Restaurant / Canalside Pavilion. CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (2016) BUILDING USE: RESTAURANT NUMBER OF FLOORS: 3 SIZE: 680m2 ARCHITECTS: STANTON WILLIAMS CONTRACTORS: AKT II / GRONTMIJ / SPEIRS & MAJOR / KIER
COST: CONFIDENTIAL BREAAM STATUS: OUTSTANDING
The Lighterman is named after th “lighters”, the flat-bottomed barg sight on London’s waterways in th
One of the key characteristics o striking, modern architecture sits structures. Stanton Williams ha their proficiency in achieve this w for the Granary Complex. The Pa another landmark in the area a further develop King’s Cross as a RICHARD POYSER, ARGENT
OTHER FACILITIES: The ground floor offers outdoor seating on Granary Square and serves breakfast through to dinner from the open kitchen. While the top floor with its wraparound terrace has panoramic views over the square and canal.
he workers who operated ges that were a common he 18th Century.
of King’s Cross is the way side by side with heritage as already demonstrated with their stunning design avilion will soon become and one that will help to foodie destination
DEVELOPMENT SITE H PAVILION H
CURRENT STATUS: UNDER CONSTRUCTION BUILDING USE: RETAIL / ACCESS NUMBER OF FLOORS: 1 SIZE: 200m2 ARCHITECTS: BELL PHILLIPS CONTRACTORS: HOARE LEA / PRICE & MYERS / PETER BRETT ASSOCIATES / TOWSHEND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.
COST: CONFIDENTIAL BREAAM STATUS: NA
The pavilion, yet to be named cast metal façade, combining th Granary Square and the Yard. Pa are both reminiscent of Victoria abstraction of the chemical form envelops the building as it eme Coal Drops Ramp, and rises to f extended public realm of Granar
Our new pavilion provides valua an important connection betwee popular public spaces at Granary new development at Coal Drops
MELISSA DOWLER, director at Be
d, features a decorative he aesthetic language of atterns within the façade an cast ironwork, and an mation of coal. The façade erges from the slope of form a balustrade to the y Square.
able public facilities and en one of London’s most y Square and the exciting Yard.
ell Phillips Architects.
DEVELOPMENT SITE I BUILDING I Fish & Coal
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (2018) BUILDING USE: RETAIL / ACCESS NUMBER OF FLOORS: 4 SIZE: 1700m2 ARCHITECTS: DAVID MORELY ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: HOARE LEA / PRICE & MYERS / BAM / ARGENT COMPANIES: TOM DIXON (FLAGSHIP STORE). SPHERE 8 FLOORING. JAMIE OLIVER RESTAURANT COST: CONFIDENTIAL BREAAM STATUS: EXCELLENT OTHER FACILITIES: Elevated park, Bagley Walk
The Fish and Coal offices hold the heritage heart of King’s Cross Regent’s Canal at the south west Built between 1851 and the 1869 in the 1980’s, the buildings form robust, Victorian industrial archite
Inherently sustainable, the de refurbishment project has been strong historical character by app majority of the existing fabric, wh the way the buildings can be reinterior is now flooded with dayl extending previously blocked in shop front glazing and inserting a well in the office space. DAVID MORELY ARCHITECTS
a prominent location in s, following the sweep of corner of Granary Square. 9s, and derelict since a fire an intriguing example of ecture.
esign concept for the n to retain the buildings’ plying a light touch to the hilst greatly transforming -used.The previously dark light by opening up and windows, installing new a new roof-light and light
DEVELOPMENT SITE J BUILDING J Arthouse
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (2013) BUILDING USE: RESIDENTIAL NUMBER OF FLOORS: 8 SIZE: 15700m2 CLIENT: ARGENT PROJECT VALUE: £42 MILLION ARCHITECTS: DE RIJKE MARSH MORGAN (DRMM) CONTRACTORS: ARUP / AECOM / DAVIS LANGDON / DAVID EAGLE / WEDDON PARTNERSHIP / TOWNSHEDN LANDSCAPE/ KIER COMPANIES: FRAME (FITNESS / YOGA) / THE GREEK LARDER / RADIO HAIR COST: £700,000 (1 BED) - £1.8M (3 BED) BREAAM STATUS: EXCELLENT OTHER FACILITIES: Commercial at ground floor.
The building is formed of four res localized communities and the aspect apartments. Expressed towers the building forms a Handyside Park, maximizing view through a composition of oppo height glass. These towers are York Way and expressed as a d alternating and stacked balconie formed of towers and private roo
143 apartments are to be pro affordable housing. The open designed by interior specialist residential accommodation sta chamfered plinth comprising entrance lobbies, with a basemen DRMM
sidential clusters, creating ability to maximise dual as four interconnecting saw-toothed profile to ws and visual connectivity osing balconies and full drawn through onto to dynamic composition of es. A castellated roofline is of terraces.
ovided, 29 of which are market apartments are ts Johnson Naylor. The ands on a fully glazed commercial space and nt carpark.
DEVELOPMENT SITE K BUILDING K Midland Goods Shed
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (2016) BUILDING USE: COMMERCIAL / EVENT SPACE NUMBER OF FLOORS: 3 SIZE: 6000m2 CLIENT: ARGENT PROJECT VALUE: £18 MILLION ARCHITECTS: BENNETTS ASSOCIATES CONTRACTORS: HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE / ARUP / HOARE LEA / KIER / NLP PLANNING / B+R ARCHITECTS COMPANIES: WAITROSE / EVENTS SPACE / NEWDAY (CONSUMER FINANCE PROVIDER - 2800m2 BREAAM STATUS: EXCELLENT OTHER FACILITIES: 220m2 cookery school.
Dating from 1850, the building st passenger terminal while King’s built and was later converted to and West Handyside Canopies provide covered space for the tran other perishable goods from rail
The scheme preserves the building Victorian character of robust bri iron structures, cavernous spaces, the majestic sweep of the Eastern insertions such as enclosure of th of the two main levels act as an ap counterpoint and allow the buildi roof at first floor level preserves th new courtyard gardens to add lig and type of uses will allow the p dramatic sequence of spaces wit
tarted life as a temporary Cross station was being o a goods shed. The East were added in 1888 to nsfer of potatoes, fish and to horse and cart.
g’s varied and idiosyncratic ickwork, thundering cast , delicate roof trusses and n Handyside Canopy. New he latter and connection ppropriate contemporary ing to be occupied. A new he volume but introduces ght and amenity. The mix public to experience the thin for the very first time.
DEVELOPMENT SITE K WEST HANDYSIDE CANOPY
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (2014) BUILDING USE: COMMERCIAL NUMBER OF FLOORS: 1 SIZE: 1000m2 CLIENT: ARGENT PROJECT VALUE: £200,000 ARCHITECTS: STANTON WILLIAMS? / BENNETS ASSOCIATES CONTRACTORS: BAM / TOWNSEND LANDSCAPE. COMPANIES: KERB (STREETFOOD MARKET) / CANOPY MARKET BREAAM STATUS: NA OTHER FACILITIES: 220m2 cookery school.
Dating from 1850, the building st passenger terminal while King’s built and was later converted to and West Handyside Canopies provide covered space for the tran other perishable goods from rail
The scheme preserves the building Victorian character of robust bri iron structures, cavernous spaces, the majestic sweep of the Eastern insertions such as enclosure of th of the two main levels act as an ap counterpoint and allow the buildi roof at first floor level preserves th new courtyard gardens to add lig and type of uses will allow the p dramatic sequence of spaces wit
tarted life as a temporary Cross station was being o a goods shed. The East were added in 1888 to nsfer of potatoes, fish and to horse and cart.
g’s varied and idiosyncratic ickwork, thundering cast , delicate roof trusses and n Handyside Canopy. New he latter and connection ppropriate contemporary ing to be occupied. A new he volume but introduces ght and amenity. The mix public to experience the thin for the very first time.
DEVELOPMENT SITE L
BUILDING L1 Two Granary Square / The House of Illustration / Regeneration House CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (2014) BUILDING USE: COMMERCIAL / CONSERVATION + HERITAGE NUMBER OF FLOORS: 4 SIZE: 2300m2
The building now consists of offic second floors with a flexible gall The basement accommodates workshops, as well as cycle parki kitchen.
CLIENT: THE ARTFUND PROJECT VALUE: £3.25M ARCHITECTS: JON MCASLAN & PARTNERS / WITHERFORD WATSON MANN. / PRICE & MYERS. / HOARE LEE / GARDINER & THEOBOLD / ALAN BAXTER CONTRACTORS: CARILLION CONSTRUCTION / TOWNSHEND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.
This is a remarkable opportunity t by Cubitt. Our sensitive transform building firmly into the 21st ce adaptive re-use that characterises at King’s Cross.
COMPANIES: ARTFUND / HOUSE OF ILLUSTRATION PUBLIC GALLERY. BREAAM STATUS: EXCELLENT
JOHN MCASLAN
ce space on the first and lery on the ground floor. space for educational ing, staff amenities and a
to reinvigorate a building mation will bring Cubitt’s entury – an example of much of the regeneration
DEVELOPMENT SITE L BUILDING L2 Western Transit Shed
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (2014) BUILDING USE: OFFICE NUMBER OF FLOORS: 3 SIZE: 8500m2 CLIENT: ARGENT PROJECT VALUE: £200M ARCHITECTS: STANTON WILLIAM / WEEDON PARTNERSHIP ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: CARILLION CONSTRUCTION / TOWNSHEND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS. COMPANIES: HOARE LEA / ZONE / ARGENT BREAAM STATUS: EXCELLENT OTHER FACILITIES: A mix of cafés, bars, restaurants and shops are at street level in the Victorian brick arches.
The refurbishment has been v heritage and there is certainly confirm its status in a previous lif rail tracks. The resultant building the myth of Victorian precision c the arches are up to 3 inches off
very sympathetic to its y plenty of evidence to fe including cobbles and gs have rather exploded craftsmanship as many of upright in both planes.
DEVELOPMENT SITE L BUILDING L3 The Granary Complex
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (2011) BUILDING USE: EDUCATION NUMBER OF FLOORS: 3 SIZE: 40000m2 CLIENT: ARGENT PROJECT VALUE: £92M ARCHITECTS: STANTON WILLIAM CONTRACTORS: SCOTT WILSON / SPIERS & MAJOR / ATELIER 10 / TOWNSEND LANDSCAPE / ARUP / BAM / AECOM COMPANIES: UAL - CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN AND SAINT MARTINS SCHOOL OF ART. (CSM) BREAAM STATUS: EXCELLENT OTHER FACILITIES: Bars / Cafes open to the public.
More than 4,000 students and 1 facility housed in twin grain transi 1852 grade-II listed Granary bui Cubitt, designer of the nearby Kin The Granary is at the heart of Euro area, a once-derelict 67-acre brow
Born of a 1989 merger betwee and Design and Saint Martins S absorbed Drama Centre Londo School of Art, CSM aims to enco interaction between disciplines shared refectories, bars and c the architect went beyond this workshops behind the glazed w avoiding barriers between zones bookable accommodation.
Interaction with the public is pro link at the south end of the cam retail space in the western transit
1,000 tutors will use the it sheds and the six-storey ilding (the work of Lewis ng’s Cross railway station). ope’s largest regeneration wnfield site.
en Central School of Art School of Art, which later on and the Byam Shaw ourage creativity through s. This is facilitated by cross-discipline seminars; s by displaying generous walls of the central street, s and providing extensive
omoted by the east-west mpus, which leads to the t shed.
DEVELOPMENT SITE M BUILDING M Coal Drops Yard
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (2018) BUILDING USE: COMMERICAL NUMBER OF FLOORS: 3 SIZE: 13500m2 CLIENT: ARGENT PROJECT VALUE: £92M ARCHITECTS: HEATHERWICK STUDIO CONTRACTORS: ARUP / BAM / GILES QUARME & ASSOCIATES / HOLMES WOOD / G&T / HOARE LEA / SPEIRS AND MAJOR / WELSH SLATE
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BREAAM STATUS: EXCELLENT OTHER FACILITIES: The shops range in scale from 15 to 1,800 square metres.
The 35-metre-wide curved roof e a 52-column steel structure, whic fabric of the 19th-century buildin
ng place. The shopping is therwick. “Church used to together, or libraries were community centres were
more precious than ever. omewhere has to mean duplicate, which you may ars ago before the digital
extension is supported by ch is threaded within the ngs.
DEVELOPMENT SITE N BUILDING N1 Gasholders London
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (2018) BUILDING USE: RESIDENTIAL NUMBER OF FLOORS: 8, 9, 12 Q SIZE: 23950m2 CLIENT: ARGENT PROJECT VALUE: ? ARCHITECTS: WILKINSON EYRE / JONATHAN TUCKEY CONTRACTORS: ARUP / CARILLION / HOARE LEA / GARDINER & THEOBOLD / ALL CLEAR / DAN PEARSON STUDIO / SPIES & MAJOR COMPANIES: KINGS CROSS CENTRAL LIMITED OARTNERSHIP / GASHOLDERS. BREAAM STATUS: VERY GOOD OTHER INFORMATION: 145 apartments, which range in price from £810,000 for a studio to £2 million for a three-bedroom home. 9 Penthouses with private roof gardens. Gym, Spa & Cinema. 24Hr Concierge.
The industrial heritage of Kings regeneration and the triplet of gasholders is the most distinct ce
Constructed in 1867, the heavy their full restoration remain as the new skyline of Kings Cross. S these structures are the three res delicate and intricate aesthetic o with a veil of external shutters circles to allow dappled light into
As a counterpoint to the externa based on the intrinsic aesthetic The brass linings in the polished and custom-designed door hand approach to the details and is instinctive designs, combining precious ones. A brass lining to external shutters continues this la
s Cross is integral to its Grade II listed cast-iron entrepiece.
y industrial structures in a dominant feature on Sitting comfortably within sidential drums, clad in a of steel and glass panels pierced in a pattern of o the rooms.
al structure, the interior is and working of a watch. d floor, balustrade design dles reinforces this crafted reminiscent of Scarpa’s g base materials with the vertical edge of the anguage onto the facade.
DEVELOPMENT SITE N BUILDING N2 Gasholders Park
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (2015) BUILDING USE: EVENT NUMBER OF FLOORS: 1 SIZE: 1600m2 CLIENT: ARGENT PROJECT VALUE: ? ARCHITECTS: BELL PHILLIPS CONTRACTORS: TOWNSHEND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS / DAN PEARSON STUDIO / CARILION / BAM / SPEIRS & MAJOR.Q COMPANIES: KINGS CROSS CENTRAL LIMITED OARTNERSHIP / GASHOLDERS. BREAAM STATUS: NA OTHER INFORMATION:
The cylindrical frame surround as Gasholder No. 8 and was o the 1850s. The Grade II-listed s telescopic chambers for storag London’s largest gas works – Pa was decommissioned in 2000.
The architects added a shiny ste a continuous colonnade around the centre of the cast-iron fram juxtaposition of old and new.”
“To design a new use for such landmark was both a dauntin unmissable opportunity,” he ad will become a much-loved publ continues to emerge as one of Lo new quarters.” BELL PHILLIPS
ding the park is known originally constructed in structure previously held ge and formed part of ancras Gasworks – which
eel pavilion, which forms d a wide grass area in me, forming “a beautiful
h a well-known London ng responsibility and an dded. “We hope that it lic space as King’s Cross ondon’s most interesting
DEVELOPMENT SITE P BUILDING P1 The Plimsoll Building
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (2015) BUILDING USE: RESIDENTIAL / EDUCATION. NUMBER OF FLOORS: 13 SIZE: 29620m2 CLIENT: KCCLP PROJECT VALUE: CONFIDENTIAL ARCHITECTS: DAVID MORLEY ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: DAN PEARSON STUDIO / JOHNSON NAYLOR / BAM / SPEIRS & MAJOR.Q COMPANIES: KINGS CROSS CENTRAL LIMITED OARTNERSHIP / GASHOLDERS. BREAAM STATUS: NA OTHER INFORMATION: Also houses King’s Cross Academy and the Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children. 77 affordable rented homes being provided in partnership with the Dolphin Square Foundation. 178 private apartments. Small Everyman Cinema. 100m2 retail unit on the North East corner.
Cost of a 2 bed flat = £1.95M
“The Plimsoll Building is describ as one of the ‘Six Jewels of the Because it is asked to do so mu see how a playground can effe with luxury flats and, at a stroke ambition of the entire developm happen to get the opportunity to quiet terrace on the second floor DAVID MORLEY ARCHITECTS
bed by ‘Design Junction’ new King’s Cross’. Why? uch . . . It’s fascinating to ectively sit cheek-by-jowl e, shows the breadth and ment. Oh and if you do o visit, there’s a beautifully r.”
DEVELOPMENT SITE P BUILDING P2
CURRENT STATUS: APPROVED (2018) BUILDING USE: RETAIL / OFFICE NUMBER OF FLOORS: 9 SIZE: 1700m2 of retail |17900m2 of office space CLIENT: KCCLP PROJECT VALUE: CONFIDENTIAL ARCHITECTS: AHMM / BENNETTS ASSOCIATES CONTRACTORS: AKT II / GARDINER & THEOBOLD / DAN PEARSON STUDIO / ARGENT COMPANIES: POTENTIALLY FACEBOOK BREAAM STATUS: EXPECTED EXCELLENT OTHER INFORMATION: Contains a 600 seat theatre and a fifth-floor warparound terrace.
The plans for P2 are a welcome ad area – with a mix of shops, offices for London. Our outline plannin allowed for the possibility of a th by the prospect of having one at JAMES EDGERLEY, DIRECTOR OF
A deep façade of honed, precreates an elevational grid dire geometries of the surrounding the façade system is achieved b elements to the lower section o horizontal elements on the set-b upper section. Internally, a steel floor slabs that create visual con pre-cast concrete ledges. Large height create flexible working connected by characterful comm through a strategic use of robu concrete elements. AHMM
ddition to the King’s Cross and a brand new theatre ng permission from 2008 heatre and we are excited King’s Cross. F KCCLP
-cast concrete elements ectly influenced by key context. Variation within by reinforcing the vertical of the building, and the back floors that form the frame supports pre-cast ntinuity with the external floorplates of generous environments and are mon parts that are defined ust linings and exposed
DEVELOPMENT SITE Q BUILDING Q1
CURRENT STATUS: APPROVED (2018) BUILDING USE: RETAIL / OFFICE NUMBER OF FLOORS: 9 SIZE: 4400m2 of office space CLIENT: KCCLP PROJECT VALUE: £15M ARCHITECTS: COFFEY ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: TOWNSHEND LANDSCAPE / ARUP / E3 / ARGENT COMPANIES: POTENTIALLY FACEBOOK BREAAM STATUS: EXPECTED EXCELLENT OTHER INFORMATION: Flexible retail at ground floor.
According to planning documen of the application, the proposed from the Network Rail Gasworks the building, as well as the des sheds in the King’s Cross area.
Coffey’s proposed building is embossed and perforated alumi with each floorplate, and is toppe roof form.
nts submitted in support d design takes inspiration tunnels which run below sign of former industrial
composed of glazed, inium panels, which shift ed with a skewed, pitched
DEVELOPMENT SITE Q BUILDING Q2 King’s Cross Sports Centre
CURRENT STATUS: APPROVED (2018) BUILDING USE: SPORTS HALL / GYM NUMBER OF FLOORS: 2 SIZE: 2032m2 CLIENT: CAMDEN COUNCIL / ARGENT PROJECT VALUE: £6.4M ARCHITECTS: BENNETTS ASSOCIATES CONTRACTORS: ARUP / GARDINER & THEOBOLD / CARILLION / E3 BREAAM STATUS: EXPECTED EXCELLENT OTHER INFORMATION: Temporary home for Construction Skills Centre. Built to Sport’s England Standards. Designed with Glulam Timber Beams for lightweight spanning of the tube lines that run below.
As the site sits directly above th King’s Cross Station, the sports ha structure, using cross-laminated of long spans with mono-pitch ro panels are exposed to view; extern and then clad with standing seam profile of the roofs catches the from the taller residential blocks look down on the building.
The building incorporates many p using mixed-mode ventilation optimises glazing to reduce he daylight. It also benefits from c Cross Central district heating and further improves the efficiency of
It is intended that the sports hall training and skills centre whilst th redeveloped for housing.
he tunnels leading out of all is a low-rise, lightweight timber to create a series oofs. Internally the timber nally it is heavily insulated m black zinc. The angular eye from York Way and s nearby, all of which will
passive design measures, wherever possible, and eat gain whilst providing connection to the King’s d cooling network which f the building.
l will be used initially as a he present centre’s site is
DEVELOPMENT SITE R BUILDING R1 AKDN
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED BUILDING USE: OFFICES/COMMERCIAL NUMBER OF FLOORS: 10 SIZE: 8,780M2, 387M2 OF RETAIL SPACE ON THE GROUND FLOOR
The Aga Khan Centre is home to a founded by His Highness, includin Studies (IIS), the Aga Khan Un Study of Muslim Civilisations (A Khan Foundation UK (AKF UK).
ARCHITECTS: MAKI AND ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: FACILITIES: GALLERY, GARDEN, LIBRARY
The design of the Aga Khan C Islamic architectural heritage. building designed by Japanes Associates. Fumihiko Maki is co most distinguished living archite his extensive work on academic a well as his ability to use light, a sim materials to create a unique atm
COST: BREAAM STATUS: EXCELLENT
The new 10,000m2 building ap cantilevered façade, hovering abo level. It re-arranges a tradition format, of multiple spaces organi courtyards, to a vertical layout – learning and office spaces upw atrium. The building spans across
a number of organisations ng The Institute of Ismaili niversity Institute for the AKU-ISMC), and the Aga
Centre is influenced by It is the first London se architects Maki and onsidered one of Japan’s ects and is renowned for and education spaces, as mple palette and limited mosphere.
ppears to ‘float’ with its ove glass walls at ground nal Islamic architectural ised around ground level placing a series of open wards around a central s 10 floors.
DEVELOPMENT SITE R BUILDING R3 Luma
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED BUILDING USE: RESIDENTIAL NUMBER OF FLOORS: SIZE: SQ FT
The 61 apartment scheme occ between Lewis Cubitt Park and design which knits into the evo references the surrounding natur
ARCHITECTS: SQUIRE AND PARTNERS ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: FACILITIES:
The long narrow plot lends it elevations facing open spaces Designs establish a strong visual between the two gardens with a entrance, and apartment layout residences enjoy park views, man
NO. OF FLATS: 61 LUXURY APARTMENTS FLAT COST: £1,325,000 - £2,450,000 BREAAM STATUS: EXCELLENT
nod to the former industrial char design creates a pair of warehou with an elegant contemporary en
Facade designs allude to the his significant railway terminus with contemporary envelope organise frame. Elevations are characterise undulate within the primary build geometric balconies.
cupies a prime position Jellicoe Gardens, with a olving urban setting and ral landscape.
tself to two prominent to the west and east. and physical connection central glazed residential ts which ensure that all ny with dual aspect. In a
racter of King’s Cross, the use style buildings offset nvelope.
story of King’s Cross as a h an intricately detailed ed by a rational masonry ed by splayed bays which ding line to create striking
DEVELOPMENT SITE R BUILDING R4 Rubicon Court
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (MAY 2012) BUILDING USE: RESIDENTIAL NUMBER OF FLOORS: SIZE: 95,000SQ FT ARCHITECTS: PRP ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: FACILITIES: NO. OF FLATS: 117 AFFORDABLE HOMES. 78 ARE SOCIAL RENTED APARTMENTS, 15 ARE SUPPORTED HOUSING APARTMENTS, AND 24 ARE AVAILABLE AS SHARED OWNERSHIP HOMES COST: £22MILLION FLAT COST: £2,000PCM FOR 1 BED FLAT BREAAM STATUS:
The mixed-tenure block of 117 flat residential building on the King’ and takes its place as part of the e emerging in the area. The design to simplify circulation, maximise enable access to a range of priv spaces for all flats. A limited pal materials and well-resolved de intended design quality was ach new standards for affordable urb PRP ARCHITECTS
ts was the first completed ’s Cross regeneration site exciting urban landscape n uses cluster typologies e frontage and views and vate and shared amenity lette of carefully selected etails ensured that the hieved. The building sets ban living in London.
DEVELOPMENT SITE R
BUILDING R5 NORTH & R5 SOUTH (R6) Saxon Court & Roseberry Mansions CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED BUILDING USE: RESIDENTIAL NUMBER OF FLOORS: SIZE: 108,000 SQ FT ARCHITECTS: MACCREANOR LAVINGTON ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: FACILITIES: SOME FLATS FOR ACTIVE ELDERLY NO. OF FLATS: 63 SOCIAL RENTED APARTMENTS, 40 AFFORDABLE SHARED OWNERSHIP HOMES, 40 APARTMENTS DESIGNED FOR ACTIVE ELDERLY ONE HOUSING GROUP / NHS REABLEMENT SERVICE COST: £620,000 FOR 1 BED FLAT BREAAM STATUS:
Block R5 is a high density housin a part of the Kings Cross Central m of R5 are designed as a family to block around a central shared shares a ‘shoulder’ datum level which two 16 storey towers rise.
The facades are rigorously orde massing and the variety of pu building. The ’outside’ facades w brick pilasters and horizontal generous windows. The groun are framed by pink chamfered providing the building with a entrance lobbies lead to the core
The buildings contain a mix of ten rent, shared ownership, extra car and private housing. A series of ou roof gardens and balconies are p scheme.
ng scheme that will form masterplan. The buildings form one cohesive urban courtyard. The massing l of eight storeys above
ered to respond to the ublic spaces around the weave a pattern of vertical concrete beams above nd floor business units precast concrete frames a visual base. Generous es.
nures: general needs social re housing for the elderly utdoor communal spaces, provided throughout the
DEVELOPMENT SITE R BUILDING R7 / PINKY & PERKY
CURRENT STATUS: BUILDING USE: COMMERCIAL NUMBER OF FLOORS: 11 SIZE: 155,079 SQ FT
R7 is an 11-storey-high building area of King’s Cross. Its gridded shades of pink, one of which is hottest hue, millennial pink.
ARCHITECTS: DUGGAN MORRIS ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: COMAPNIES: EVERYMAN CINEMA / RESTAURANT / SPIN - FITNESS STUDIO / OFFICES RENTED BY NEW LOOK AND XTX / NOW GOOGLE XTX MARKETS FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
The two shades of pink chosen e bricks of the nearby St Pancras century building that sits at th regeneration scheme area.
COST: BREAAM STATUS: EXCELLENT
The two side of the building r
determined by the levels of the Martin’s (CSM) university building
The stepped shape of the two b terrace spaces in the setbacks, access to outdoor areas with view DUGGAN MORRIS ARCHITECTS
g in the fast-developing facade is finished in two a close match to 2017’s
echo the rosy hue of the s Hotel, an ornate 19thhe southern edge of the
rise to different heights,
e adjacent Central Saint g.
buildings creates outdoor so different levels have ws out over the city.
DEVELOPMENT SITE R BUILDING R8
CURRENT STATUS: BUILDING USE: OFFICES/COMMERCIAL NUMBER OF FLOORS: 10-13 SIZE: 68,000 SQ FT ARCHITECTS: PIERCY & CO ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: FACILITIES: COST: BREAAM STATUS: EXCELLENT
Located in the northern zone of scheme is made up of four ne residential, affordable housing, o space – which are united at stre ground floor opening onto a cent
The scheme is conceived as a warehouses, accommodating a to respond to and inform the surr public realm. The blocks range fr roof terraces located on the top o The gently folded façade of th market housing buildings addre the west, while the correspondin small business and affordable re dynamic courtyard.
Piercy&Company has also been c the residential interior design. Th warehouse industrial aesthetic ceiling heights, industrial fitting material palette of exposed conc
King’s Cross Central, the ew buildings – high-end office and small business eet level by a mixed use tral courtyard.
cluster of contemporary variety of uses, arranged rounding townscape and rom 10 to 13 storeys with of three of the four blocks. he combined office and ess the public square to ng shifting volumes of the esidential blocks define a
commissioned to develop he interiors continue the with generous floor-togs and a solid, authentic crete soffits, timber floors,
DEVELOPMENT SITE S BUILDING S1
CURRENT STATUS: ON-GOING (2019) BUILDING USE: OFFICES/COMMERCIAL NUMBER OF FLOORS: 11 SIZE: 175,000 SQ FT ARCHITECTS: MOSSESSIAN ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: FACILITIES: COST: BREAAM STATUS: OUTSTANDING
S1 forms an architectural pair wi S2, to complete this end of Hand
The adjacent S2 building has bee S1 is currently at a conceptual de let opportunities.
The building comprises of eleven space, offering flexible, open-plan a double height reception lobb and restaurants. Dual access to S
Handyside Street and Canal Reac
Various levels will be equipped w while the top level comprises a terrace with chic landscaped g capital’s skyline. MOSSESSIAN ARCHITECTS
ith the adjacent building, dyside Street.
en pre-let to Google, but esign stage and offers pre-
n floors of Grade A office n office layouts and with by, with space for retail S1 will be provided from
ch.
with expansive balconies, a peaceful modern roof gardens overlooking the
DEVELOPMENT SITE S BUILDING S2
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (2016) BUILDING USE: COMMERCIAL NUMBER OF FLOORS: SIZE: 190,000 sq ft ARCHITECTS: MOSSESSIAN ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: FACILITIES: COST: BREAAM STATUS: OUTSTANDING
Sitting adjacent to each other Buildings S1 and S2 are link contemporary, they are clad in a t frames the buildings, forming t strongly with the light of the whi These cavities frame the windows a to the exterior space, highlightin public realm. The space between a dramatic sculptural void, linkin creating an almost tangible form as a passageway, the space leads
that will be home to some distin
Building S2 is a commercial bu sq ft of space. It fronts onto Cu flexible open plan office space w at ground floor, with a further n above with a generous landscape
along Handyside Street, ked stylistically: classical textured black stone that the mass, and contrasts ite ‘cavities’ in the façade. and connect the buildings ng the connection to the n the two buildings forms ng them inextricably and m between them. Acting s to a new public square
nctive restaurants.
uilding totalling 190,000 ubitt Park and comprises with retail and restaurants nine floors of office space ed roof terrace.
DEVELOPMENT SITE S BUILDING S3
DEVELOPMENT SITE S BUILDING S4
DEVELOPMENT SITE S BUILDING S5
CURRENT STATUS: ON-GOING BUILDING USE: RESIDENTIAL NUMBER OF FLOORS: 15 SIZE: CLIENT: KCCLP ARCHITECTS: ALISON BROOKS ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: FACILITIES: GROUND FLOOR RETAIL CODE FOR SUSTAINABLE HOMES: LEVEL 3 COST: BREAAM STATUS: VERY GOOD
Building S5 is conceived as a si arranged around an internal cou forms emerge, ranging from four
The proposal consists of 158 hom storeys of both market and inter as a range of ancillary facilities, am premises at ground floor. The approach to designin inspiration from the rich palette context, in order to create a contribution.
The building design is targeting ‘V for the commercial areas, as well Ecohomes, which equates to Cod (CSH) Level 3.
ix-sided perimeter block urtyard from which taller r to fifteen storeys.
mes over a maximum of 15 rmediate tenures, as well menities and commercial
ng S5 has been to draw provided by the existing a fitting and respectful
Very Good’ BREEAM rating l as ‘Very Good’ rating for de for Sustainable Homes
DEVELOPMENT SITE T BUILDING T1 Tapestry
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED BUILDING USE: RESIDENTIAL NUMBER OF FLOORS: 15 SIZE: 400,000ft2 ARCHITECTS: NIALL MCLAUGHLIN ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: FACILITIES: RESTAURANT, CAFÉ, DELICATESSEN, AND UP-MARKET BOUTIQUE, MULTI STOREY CAR PARK AVERAGE APARTMENT COST: £1.4MILLION BREAAM STATUS: EXCELLENT
Tapestry is an collection of one, apartments, townhouses and pen
The building’s program is mul energy centre, a multi-use gam restaurant unit, centralised car and affordable apartments. The the north of St. Pancras Interna boundary running parallel to the Link as it approaches the station. 95 open rent flats, 34 affordable.
two and three bedroom nthouses.
lti-use, incorporating an mes area, a retail / café / r parking, open market site sits immediately to ational, with its northern new Channel Tunnel Rail .
DEVELOPMENT SITE T BUILDING T2 11-21 Canal Reach
CURRENT STATUS: ON-GOING BUILDING USE: OFFICE SPACE NUMBER OF FLOORS: SIZE: 404,643 ft2 ARCHITECTS: BENNETTS ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: FACILITIES: CAFE, COST: BREAAM STATUS: OUTSTANDING
The building utilises passive des possible, although railway noise efficient air-supply system rat ventilation. Central atrium space and reclaim air throughout the the scheme which step around th control on the 200-metre long s accentuates the stepping theme. carbon assessment, the building energy performance modelling w lowest energy building on the Kin
Unusually, the main plantrooms low level to the rear, where they cooling pods facility and a 1.4MW whole KXC development. Conse building are free of mechanical gardens and planted terraces, w around 6,000 square metres.
BENNETTS ASSOCIATES ARCHITE
sign principles wherever has dictated an energyther than fully natural es are used to distribute e four massing blocks of he curve of the site. Solar south-east-facing facades . In addition to embodied is designed using actual with the aim of being the ng’s Cross site.
s for the building are at y integrate with a central W fuel cell which serve the equently, the roofs of the l plant, accommodating with a combined area of
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DEVELOPMENT SITE T BUILDING T3 11-21 Canal Reach
DEVELOPMENT SITE T BUILDING T4
DEVELOPMENT SITE T BUILDING T5 / VICTORIA HALL
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED (2016) BUILDING USE: STUDENT RESIDENTIAL NUMBER OF FLOORS: 12 SIZE: 97,187 ft2 ARCHITECTS: STANTON WILLIAMS ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: FACILITIES: RENT COST: FROM £320 PER WEEK BREAAM STATUS: EXCELLENT
Designed by Stanton Williams, t residential building at King’s Cross predominantly for use by gradu the Aga Khan University - Institut Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) and the In (IIS). The scheme has been devel Central Limited Partnership on Development Network, for whom series of buildings at the King’s C
The design for this new residential
from the solidity of the adobe ar East and aims to provide a sti environment for its students in th Cross.
The building has been conceived single block, creating two 12-store a ground floor plinth, flanking a c storey element set back from the
STANTON WILLIAMS ARCHITECTS
the Victoria Hall student s provides 198 bedrooms, uate students attending te for the Study of Muslim nstitute for Ismaili Studies loped by the King’s Cross behalf of the Aga Khan m it is the first of a planned Cross site.
l building draws reference
rchitecture of the Middle imulating and collegiate he urban setting of King’s
d as a form carved from a ey ‘bookend’ wings above central south-facing eight e street.
S
DEVELOPMENT SITE T BUILDING T6 / URBANEST
CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED BUILDING USE: STUDENT RESIDENTIAL NUMBER OF FLOORS: 14 SIZE: 20,000ft2 ARCHITECTS: GLENN HOWELLS ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS: FACILITIES: CAFE, RECEPTION, COMMUNAL AREAS, TERRACES, CUT AND GRIND RESTAURANT ON GROUND FLOOR RENT COST: £289 - £479 PER WEEK BREAAM STATUS: EXCELLENT
669 student bedrooms have st boat building techniques and ar self-contained studios across nea is successfully broken down usin the main tower and a 14-storey eventually connect to a terrace of
The residences are approached via and a double-height reception a that also creates an active fronta communal areas and terraces top roof of the main tower with unpa capital. GLENN HOWELLS ARCHITECTS
torage maximised using re located in clusters and arly 20,000 sq m. The scale ng a sculpted façade on shoulder block that will f buildings.
a a south-facing courtyard area animated by a café age to York Way. Further p the shoulder block and aralleled views across the
DEVELOPMENT SITE W BUILDING W1
DEVELOPMENT SITE W BUILDING W2
DEVELOPMENT SITE W BUILDING W3