Coffey Architects has successfully secured planning
permission for a three-storey office and retail block in the Argent’s King’s
Cross regeneration project site, marking the practice’s largest UK commercial
project to date.
The London Borough of Camden’s planning committee agreed
with its officers’ recommendation to approve the £15 million scheme in a
meeting on the 22nd of February. The newly-approved project, which will be
situated alongside Bennetts Associates’ proposed £6 million sports hall on the
Q2 site off York Way, will provide 3,962m² of office space along with 350m² of
flexible space for additional offices, assembly, and leisure or a café.
The officers’ report read as follows: “[We] consider this to
be is a well-resolved and thought-through proposal. It has character in its
silhouette and composition, while its heritage-referenced industrial aesthetic
has been softened and enriched through patterning in the façades.”
The eye-catching design reportedly takes inspiration from both
the Network Rail Gasworks tunnels which run below the building, and the
distinctive design of the former industrial sheds which once littered the
King’s Cross area. The building itself is composed of glazed, embossed and
perforated aluminium panels which shift with each floor plate, and is topped with
a skewed, pitched roof form to add further aesthetic appeal.
Works are expected to begin in the summer, with the project scheduled
for completion in 2020.
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