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A secular Jewish cultural and community centre in North London, open to anyone interested in Jewish culture.
Comprising of a four-storey pavilion with a mezzanine-level bridge across a piazza leading to the centre’s main entrance and an adjacent tower with replacement flats.
Accommodation in the pavilion becomes increasingly private as the Shabbos-compliant lift, which can function without being manually operated by the orthodox, rises up the building.
At ground level there is a multi-purpose hall, restaurant, café, bar and screening room; on the top floor a nursery. The configuration of these spaces and those on the intermediate floors is adaptable.
Data
- Begun: Oct 2012
- Completed: Jun 2013
- Floor area: 3,082m2
- Sector: Religious
- Total cost: £12M
- Procurement: JCT Design and Build
- Address: 341-351 Finchley Road, London, NW3 6ET, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
- Project architect: Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
- Client: JCC Ventures
- Structural engineer: AKT II
- M&E consultant: Norman Disney & Young
- Quantity surveyor: Gardiner & Theobald
- Project manager: AECOM/Davis Langdon
- CDM Co-ordinator: AECOM/Davis Langdon
- Acoustic consultant: Cole Jarman
- Lighting consultant: Speirs + Major
- Theatre consultant: Charcoalblue
- Main contractor: BAM Construction
- Insitu concrete sub-contractor : Getjar
- Precast concrete sub-contractor : Sterling Services
- Services contractor : Rotary Group
- Planning consultant: DP9
- Fire engineer: Jeremy Gardner Associates
- Sustainability consultant: AECOM/Bakers
- Traffic consultant : Steer Davies Gleave
- Accessibility consultant: Allclear
- Rights of Light consultant: GIA
- Wayfinding consultant : Bruce Nivison
- Catering consultant: Nick Lander
- Kitchen consultant: Eximius Projects