On Tuesday, April 23, Simon Allford and Steve Smith from AHMM led a building tour of the Belgrove House construction site, marking the beginning of the Builds Bio+ Life Sciences Study Tour. This immersive journey spanned the historic streets of Oxford and Cambridge to the core of London's life science clusters, celebrated for their vibrant communities, state-of-the-art research facilities, and dynamic incubation spaces.
Located opposite King’s Cross and St Pancras Stations, Belgrove House is a new-build specialised laboratory and office building for the life-sciences sector to be occupied by MSD as their UK Discovery Research Centre and HQ. Designed to be innovative and highly sustainable, operational energy is reduced through a ‘biophilic’ double skin façade allowing natural ventilation and providing a zone for planting.
Life sciences research laboratories are located on the largest floorplates at floors 1-3, providing animation to the facades and a public window into the research activity within. Offices will be located on floors 5-9 with the fourth floor serving as a dedicated ‘collaboration hub’. A generous ground floor provides an education and event space, along with a café. A new step-free entrance to the Underground will link the building into King’s Cross and St Pancras stations via the pedestrian tunnel beneath Euston Road.
The project offers an excellent opportunity to dramatically enhance the surrounding area, bringing active facades where there were previously blank walls, by removing street clutter, and bringing greenery to all four sides of a building which mediates between Euston Road and Argyle Square.
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02.05.24 | Paul Monaghan presenting at 2024 Australian Architecture Conference Television Centre Masterplan Tower Hamlets Town Hall | |
01.05.24 | BCO Awards 2024, London Tower Hamlets Town Hall Soho Place | |
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29.04.24 | BCO Awards 2024, Scotland 1 New Park Square | |
26.04.24 | 1 Broadgate Tops Out 1 Broadgate | |
26.04.24 | Belgrove House Building Study Tour Belgrove House | |
18.04.24 | Claire Pollock awarded RIBA Honorary Fellowship | |
15.04.24 | Construction commences on Phase 2 of the Television Centre Television Centre Masterplan | |
12.04.24 | The Chartered Institute of Building Award 2024 One Great Cumberland Place | |
11.04.24 | London Square Bermondsey shortlisted for a 2024 Housing Design Award London Square Bermondsey | |
23.04.24 | AIA Central Oklahoma Architecture Awards 2024 The Icehouse District Wheeler Residential Flamingo Tiki | |
02.04.24 | Taxi House Tops Out Taxi House | |
25.03.24 | Tower Hamlets Town Hall wins Civic Trust Award Tower Hamlets Town Hall | |
21.03.24 | Pineapple Awards 2024 Shortlist Tower Hamlets Town Hall Magna Square Soho Place | |
18.03.24 | The Professional NBA Arena Locker Room officially open Professional NBA Arena Locker Room | |
11.03.24 | Tower Hamlets Town Hall Shortlisted for a 2024 RICS Award Tower Hamlets Town Hall | |
12.03.24 | New Study quantifies the carbon impact of Cat A fit out | |
08.03.24 | The Arc officially opens The Arc | |
06.03.24 | Elderberry Walk Officially Opens Elderberry Walk | |
01.03.24 | Cycle to MIPIM 2024 | |
28.02.24 | Angel Square Site Progress Angel Square | |
27.02.24 | Narrative Practice Sessions x AHMM | |
27.02.24 | 45 Beech Street submitted for planning | |
22.02.24 | RIBA North West Region Award Shortlist The Alder Centre | |
20.02.24 | RIBA South East Award Shortlist Magna Square | |
15.02.24 | Lansdowne House breaks ground Lansdowne House | |
15.02.24 | RIBA London region Award shortlist 10 Lewis Cubitt Square Montacute Yards The Rowe | |
14.02.24 | National Apprenticeships Week 2024 | |
12.02.24 | RIBA South West + Wessex region Award shortlist One Portwall Square | |
31.01.24 | 1 Riva Row, Houston Texas, Site Progress 1 Riva Row | |
29.01.24 | AHMM shortlisted for LSE’s Bankside House redevelopment design competition | |
17.01.24 | Illumanate Competition | |
12.01.24 | Riga Competition | |
08.01.24 | Review of 2023 Burntwood School University of Amsterdam White Collar Factory Tower Hamlets Town Hall 1 New Park Square |