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NEWS COMMERCIAL JRA completes Clerkenwell workspace
John Robertson Architects (JRA) has completed Bloom Clerkenwell, calling it one of London’s most “dynamic and prominent workspace developments in recent years,” the project occupying a site adjacent to Farringdon station.
The HB Reavis development comprises 14,500 m2 of Grade A workspace across seven levels, plus 600 m2 of adaptable retail areas and 1,400 m2
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landscaped roof terraces. Festus Moffat, director, John Robertson Architects, said: “Bloom Clerkenwell is located in one of London’s most vibrant areas and has been designed to be a highly fl exible workplace environment which can
STUDENT ACCOMMODATION
DMA wins planning for Kensington accommodation
Dexter Moren Associates (DMA) has achieved planning permission for the refurbishment and extension of the 19th century More House in Kensington, London, to provide modern student accommodation.
Situated at 51-55 Cromwell Road, close to the art and museum centre of London, More House is named after St Thomas More and has welcomed students between 1952 and 2020. The 38,000 ft2
building was vacant when bought by SAV Group, who specialise in “refurbishing and repositioning complicated sites into income-generating residential properties.” Sustainability formed a major part of
DMA’s design, with “every effort made to retain as much of the existing structure as possible in order to limit the embodied carbon emissions of the project,” said the practice. Located in the Queens Gate Conservation Area, the design
team collaborated closely with heritage consultant Montagu Evans to make sure the proposal “remained in line with the character of the conservation area,” while reconfi guring the internal layout to provide as much accommodation as possible within the constraints of the existing building envelope. The design team gave “careful consideration to the material selection to ensure a calm, neighbourly design proposal that sits in its context seamlessly.” DMA’s “subtle interventions” include a new mansard roof whose natural slate tile fi nish “reintegrates with the original design of the building and maintains the rhythm of the roofscape.”
respond to the needs of larger and smaller businesses equally.”
The site was acquired by HB Reavis in July 2018 together with permission for an original scheme which JRA sought to adapt and achieve consent for with the London Borough of Islington. JRA’s approach has focused on delivering
a “highly sustainable design” with “occupier wellbeing and sustainability concerns” as its focus.
Sitting above the newly expanded and reconfi gured station hub, Bloom’s relationship with Britain’s rail network is “central to the building’s design,” said the architects. Key features include the
palette of materials used in the building’s facades including faience, terracotta and anodised aluminium giving it a “clear, contemporary, and complementary identity in relation to many of its neighbours and responding to Clerkenwell’s diverse and eclectic architectural history,” said JRA.
Bloom has achieved BREEAM ‘Outstanding, a WiredScore ‘Platinum’ and an Energy Performance Certifi cate rating of ‘A’; while targeting net-zero carbon in operation via energy from Citigen, an integrated photovoltaics module array installed on the roof, and responsible waste management systems.
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