One Knightsbridge Green
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Refurbishment of a 1950s building containing a combination of high street shops and offices
The existing buildings retain their original, low-profile 1950s fenestration, the brickwork and reconstructed stone were simply cleaned. However, for the podium fronting onto Brompton Road, former single-storey retail units with an office floor above have been remodelled into two-storey retail units, incorporating mezzanine floors.
The faceted glazing of each shopfront unit is framed in terracotta rainscreen tiles, linking the frontages beneath the railings and yew hedge of the roof terrace.
The five office floors belong to J Walter Thompson, with the internal fit out done by architect DEGW. There is a new open helical stair leading up to the second floor, where there are work areas and meeting spaces, as well as a communal cafe and access to the roof terrace seating.
Data
- Begun: Mar 2000
- Completed: Sep 2002
- Floor area: 25,251m2
- Sectors: Retail, Office
- Total cost: £31M
- Tender date: Feb 2000
- Procurement: JCT 98 Private with Quantities with Sectional Completion and Contractor Designed Portion Supplements. Procurement by two- stage lump sum
- Address: One Knightsbridge Green, London, SW1X 7QA, United Kingdom
Professional Team
- Architect: Hurley Robertson & Associates
- Project architects: Alan Rafter- Phillips, Bill Wallin, John Robertson, Ken McLaughlin
- Client: Prudential Property Investment Managers
- Quantity surveyor: Gardiner & Theobald
- Structural engineer: Waterman Patnership
- Services engineer: Roger Preston & Partners
- Main contractor: Bovis Lend Lease
- Landscape consultant: Randle Siddeley
- Cladding consultant: Arup
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