Haberdashers' Hall
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Modern yet traditional livery hall constructed around a quadrangle featuring light and airy public rooms and offices
The Hall, associated meeting rooms and offices are contained within a two-storey brick structure, topped by a lead panelled roof. Built around a cloistered courtyard they are entered through the façade of Market View, now a development of residential apartments and retail units. On the south side of the site there is office development on the Hosier Lane frontage.
Cloisters along the right hand side lead to a circular staircase and up to the first floor, where the court room, committee room and luncheon room lead off a reception gallery.
This gallery leads to the livery hall, which has a high vaulted ceiling made of laminated timber trusses, connected by stainless steel members creating a modern space-frame concept. There are also offices for the company staff, facilities for catering and storage below the hall together with accommodation for the Master.
Data
- Begun: Jan 2000
- Completed: May 2002
- Floor area: 5,828m2
- Sectors: Education, Office, Residential
- Total cost: £25M
- Tender date: Jun 1996
- Procurement: JCT 98, private with quantities
- Address: 18 West Smithfield, London, EC1A 9HQ, United Kingdom
Professional Team
- Architect: Hopkins Architects
- Project architects: Amir Sanei, Andrew Morrison, Jim Greaves, Leith Kerr, Patty Hopkins, Sarah Thomson, Tony White
- Client: The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers
- Project manager: GTMS Planning Supervisors
- Quantity surveyor: Robinson LowFrancis
- Lighting consultant: Light and Design Associates
- Main contractor: Hollowway White Allom
- Structural engineer: Arup
- Services engineer: Arup
Suppliers
- Brick Supplier: James and Taylor
- Bricklayer: Swift Brickwork
- Precast concrete: Histon Concrete Products
- Timber feature roofs: Cowley Timber + Partners
- Plasterwork: Dulley Ceilings and Partitions
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