This is a speculative office development generating 16,500sqft of retail and work space located at 141-145 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, East London.The project is located within a conservation area defined by Georgian brick buildings and requiring retention of the existing urban block. The building prior to development was four storeys (G, B+2) in height and is fully remodelled behind a retained brick façade. Above this, three new floors of contemporary office space are added, extending the building to 7 storeys in total, almost doubling the usable area. To retain the gravitas and independence of the urban block, the additional storeys are designed with an ambition to achieve a lightweight object quality restrained from any references to the adjacent heavy masonry structure. Scale references to the adjacent buildings window punctuation are stripped back by reducing the extension to optimum modules horizontally and vertically.
| Image Details: | |
| Image File: | LHAY-0073-0018 |
| Caption: | Looking towards the City of London from Old Street. 141-145 Curtain Road, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Duggan Morris Architects Ltd, 2014. |
| Property Release: | No |
| Model Release: | N/A |
| Dimensions in PX: | 5017 x 3345 pixels |
| Date of Photograph: | 10/02/2014 |
| Restriction: | No Restriction |
| Credit: | Luke Hayes/VIEW |
| Building Details: | |
| View Project Number: | 61305 |
| Building Name: | 141-145 Curtain Road |
| Headline: | 141-145 Curtain Road, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Duggan Morris Architects Ltd, 2014. |
| City: | London |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Architect: | Duggan Morris Architects Ltd |
| Architect Website: | www.dugganmorrisarchitects.com |
| Category: | City General |
| Building Type: | Streetscape |
| Year of Completion: | 2014 |
| Collection: | VIEW Architecture |
| Public Notes: | This is a speculative office development generating 16,500sqft of retail and work space located at 141-145 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, East London.The project is located within a conservation area defined by Georgian brick buildings and requiring retention of the existing urban block. The building prior to development was four storeys (G, B+2) in height and is fully remodelled behind a retained brick façade. Above this, three new floors of contemporary office space are added, extending the building to 7 storeys in total, almost doubling the usable area. To retain the gravitas and independence of the urban block, the additional storeys are designed with an ambition to achieve a lightweight object quality restrained from any references to the adjacent heavy masonry structure. Scale references to the adjacent buildings window punctuation are stripped back by reducing the extension to optimum modules horizontally and vertically. |
| Keywords: | 141-145 Curtain Road; architecture; Streetscape; Europe; United Kingdom; London; Curtain Road; EC2; 2014; 21st Century; Duggan Morris Architects Ltd; Nobody; elevated view; day; exterior; glass; reflection; box; metal; exterior facade; cube; extension; city; dense space; black and white image; silhouette; skyline; cityscape; variety; contrast; busy; crane; City of London; Old Street |
| Orientation: | H |
| Type: | Streetscape |
| B/W or Colour: | B/W |
| Number of People: | Nobody |
| Technique: | Full Frame |
| People Incidental: | N/A |
| Point of View: | Elevated view |
| Time of Day: | Day |
| Interior or Exterior: | Exterior |
| Photographer: | Luke Hayes |
| Source File Name: | LHAY-0073-0018.jpg |
| Copyright Info URL: | www.viewpictures.co.uk |