New offices planned in Camden

1960s warehouses set for redevelopment into landmark office building

Article posted: 13 Dec 2011

Work is set to begin in the new year to create around 265,000 sq ft of new office space in Camden, NW1, at two disused 1960s warehouses next to Euston Station. The buildings at 132-142 Hampstead Road are being reinvented as a landmark office building in a £52m redevelopment project by Derwent London.

Architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris have come up with a design which reconfigures the existing structures, adding new ‘sky box’ extensions to the rooftops. The character of the large internal volumes of the warehouses will be replicated in the double height new-build floors.

A highly insulated skin will cover the existing buildings and large new window openings created to bring additional daylight. The carefully articulated cladding of the new floors clearly distinguishes them from the existing building and will provide exceptional views across central London. A triangular 12-storey residential tower completes the development which gained planning permission in early 2011 and is due to start on site in 2012. The existing underused green space to the south will to be transformed into a more inviting and better connected public open space.

Meanwhile, in the City, AAHM has recently completed work on the refurbishment of office space in Clerkenwell, EC1 at 80 Gosling Road. The simple, elegant and respectful refurbishment has created a dynamic office environment ensuring that the building sets a new standard for the Clerkenwell office market. It will be the headquarters building for a multi-national tenant in the heart of London’s creative centre. 

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Posted by Jo