New Court, Rothschild Bank headquarters
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Headquarters for Rothschild Bank on St. Swithin's Lane in the heart of the City
A central cube containing ten flexible open-plan office floors is linked to four adjoining annexes, with meeting rooms, enclosed offices, vertical circulation, reception areas, and a staff cafe and gym.
This central cube, which has a repeated pattern of structural steel columns embedded in the façade, is raised above the street to create pedestrian access to the tall glass lobby and a covered forecourt that opens a visual passage to St. Stephen's Walbrook and its churchyard.
The main building is topped with a landscaped roof garden with outdoor meeting areas. This in turn is overlooked by an adjacent Sky Pavilion - a small tower with three double-height storeys peering out over the city - which houses meeting and dining rooms and a multifunctional panorama room with extraordinary and unfamiliar views across the City, including St. Paul's Cathedral.
Data
- Begun: Aug 2008
- Completed: Nov 2011
- Floor area: 13,000m2
- Sector: Office
- Procurement: Construction management
- Address: St. Swithin's Lane, London, EC4N 8AL, United Kingdom
Professional Team
- Architect: OMA
- Client: NM Rothschild & Sons
- Executive architect: Allies and Morrison
- Fit out architect: Pringle Brandon Architects
- Structural engineer: Arup
- Services engineer: Arup
- Fire engineer: Arup
- Project manager: Stanhope
- Cost consultant: Davis Langdon
- Construction manager: Lend Lease
- Planning consultant: DP9
- Property consultant: Knight Frank Newmark
- Townscape advisor: Peter Stewart Consultancy
- Rights of Light: GIA
- Lighting consultant: GIA Equation
- Access consultant: David Bonnett Associates
- Archaeological consultant: MOLAS
- Landscape consultant: Inside Outside