Phipp Street
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South west corner viewed from Phipp Street
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Mixed-use building comprising 11 residential flats on the top two floors, with two floors of commercial office space below
The building is situated at a crossroads of narrow streets in the south Shoreditch conservation area. In the urban context, the aim of the four-storey building was to restore the scale of the local streetscape to its original stature by matching the height of adjacent architecture.
Due to the widths of the streets and the proximity of the neighbouring buildings, the building comprising 11 high-end residential units and 500 m2 of commercial space is primarily viewed from an oblique angle.
To make a virtue of this situation, the facade demonstrates a varying depth across its different storeys from the flushed glazed commercial floors, to the deep masonry reveals of the upper storeys. The brick facade maintains a dialogue with the local context but uses modern detailing.
A hollow-core CobiaxDeck deck system is used in the concrete slab for environmental benefits, and the architecture deliberately makes optimum use of all available natural light and ventilation. In addition, the are two accessible green roof terraces and a brown roof.
Data
- Begun: Dec 2008
- Completed: Sep 2009
- Floor area: 2,250m2
- Sectors: Office, Residential
- Total cost: £3.4M
- Funding: Private
- Procurement: Design and build
- Address: Phipp Street, London, EC2A 4PX, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Waugh Thistleton Architects
- Project architect: Sameera Hanif
- Client: Private
- Structural engineer: Price & Myers
- Services consultant: Michael Popper Associates
- Landscape architect: Waugh Thistleton Architects
- Main contractor: Sibmar construction
- Project manager: Ward Williams Associates
- Cost consultant: Ward Williams Associates
