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New signature building for Kensington
SPPARC has completed 145 Kensington Church Street, a 17,000 ft2
mixed-use
development in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Featuring three floors of office space occupied by Savills and four luxury residential apartments, the building is said to draw its design inspiration from the candle-making heritage of the area. Praised by planners as a “cohesive addition to the townscape”, SPPARC worked closely with the local authority to gain planning approval and to produce a mixed-use development with a dynamic facade which, according to the architects, “compliments the character of the Conservation Area while being unapologetic about its modernity.” Through a design that “reflects on the traditional building hierarchy of the surrounding conservation area,” SPPARC was able to integrate a larger scaled building onto the site.
The residential apartments that occupy the second to fifth floors feature floor-to- ceiling windows and interiors finished with whitewashed oak. A terrace situated on the rooftop serves one of the two lateral apartments, while the two duplex apartments are served by balcony spaces.
AWARDS World Architecture Festival reveals 2018 shortlist
The World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards 2018 – one of the world’s biggest architectural awards programmes – has revealed its shortlist. Architects and designers generated 536
shortlisted entries across 81 countries for the awards which received more than
1,000 entries for the first time, 20 per cent up compared with 2017. Among the shortlisted projects are a
research centre in Riyadh, a village lounge in rural China, a mosque without a minaret in Iran and conversion of a disused grain silo in South Africa. All types and sizes of
architectural projects are represented. The top five countries entering WAF
2018 are; China, Australia, UK, Turkey and the USA. In addition to top global practices, many
smaller firms will take part to pitch against bigger names.
The office space which fronts directly onto Kensington Church Street is served with bike storage and shower facilities at the basement level. The scheme’s design has been informed by the candle-making heritage of this part of Kensington with the main facade resembling the candle creation process in which wax was heated in a dipping container. The precast panels contain a quartz aggregate that gives a shimmering
effect to the facade. Trevor Morriss, principal at SPPARC,
said: “We are delighted to have completed this prominent contemporary building within the heart of the Kensington Conservation Area. The scheme balances matters of scale, material quality and functionality to achieve a building which has distinctive architecture while sensitively cohabiting with the surrounding heritage context.”
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