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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07.11.24 | Brick Awards 2024 Norton Folgate | |
06.11.24 | Building 2024 Awards Norton Folgate | |
05.11.24 | AHMM named in Forbes America’s Top 200 Residential Architects List Cumberland Court | |
29.10.24 | Shape My City 2024 | |
16.10.24 | Building London Planning Awards 2024 Brentford Masterplan 2 Ruskin Square 1 Berkeley Street | |
14.10.24 | Acorn House tops out Acorn House | |
11.10.24 | One Fairchild Street receives planning approval | |
10.10.24 | British Construction Industry Awards 2024 Norton Folgate | |
09.10.24 | BCO 2024 National Awards Tower Hamlets Town Hall 1 New Park Square | |
09.10.24 | Paul Monaghan selected to be part of the Town Architects Pilot Project | |
07.10.24 | Cornerstone Receives Planning Approval | |
04.10.24 | Work underway at Plot 6 Deptford Landings Plot 6 Deptford Landings | |
02.10.24 | AHMM Publishes annual carbon emissions report | |
01.10.24 | Sir Ken Dodd Happiness Centre receives planning approval | |
27.09.24 | Structural Steel Design Awards 2024 One Great Cumberland Place | |
27.09.24 | Festival Market Place receives planning Festival Market Place | |
25.09.24 | Insider South West Property Awards 2024 shortlist Assembly Bristol | |
24.09.24 | AJ Architect Awards 2024 Shortlist Tower Hamlets Town Hall Arthur Stanley House | |
19.09.24 | Climate Change, All Change Exhibition 2024 | |
17.09.24 | AT Regenerative Architecture Index 2024 | |
13.09.24 | Housing Design Awards 2024 London Square Bermondsey | |
12.09.24 | Open House Festival 2024 Norton Folgate Hawley Wharf Tower Hamlets Town Hall One Great Cumberland Place | |
10.09.24 | Lake Hefner Golf Clubhouse breaks ground Lake Hefner Golf Clubhouse | |
22.08.24 | Structural Steel Design Awards 2024 shortlist One Great Cumberland Place | |
21.08.24 | New London Awards 2024 Shortlist 1 Berkeley Street Twyford Abbey | |
14.08.24 | 50 Baker Street Receives Planning | |
09.08.24 | AHMM 2024 Summer School | |
08.08.24 | Backhouse shortlisted for a 2024 National Property Award | |
01.08.24 | AHMM’s Ella Smith shortlisted for the Inspiring Women in Property 2024 Awards | |
31.07.24 | Chobham Farm Receives Planning Approval | |
30.07.24 | Stratford M2 Receives Planning | |
18.07.24 | AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards 2024 Shortlist Tower Hamlets Town Hall Arthur Stanley House | |
17.07.24 | The redevelopment of the former London Chest Hospital receives planning approval London Chest Hospital | |
15.07.24 | 76 Southbank wins a WAFX 2024 Award 76 Southbank | |
11.07.24 | London Festival of Architecture 2024 | |
10.07.24 | The Building Awards 2024 Shortlist Norton Folgate 2 Ruskin Square 1 Berkeley Street One Great Cumberland Place | |
09.07.24 | Architecture Today Awards 2024 Shortlist Weston Street White Collar Factory North London Hospice | |
08.07.24 | World Architecture Festival Awards 2024 Shortlist Norton Folgate Squirrel Park London Square Bermondsey 76 Southbank The Citizen Botanic Place | |
05.07.24 | BD Architect of the Year 2024 Shortlist One Portwall Square Tower Hamlets Town Hall The Rowe 1 New Park Square 76 Southbank 1 Berkeley Street Soho Place | |
02.07.24 | Norton Folgate shortlisted for a 2024 Brick Award Norton Folgate | |
01.07.24 | Morland Community Hub submitted for planning | |
01.07.24 | Schüco Excellence Awards 2024 One Great Cumberland Place | |
28.06.24 | 40-46 Albert Road receives planning approval | |
10.06.24 | LFA Studio Late | |
27.06.24 | British Construction Industry Awards Shortlist 2024 Norton Folgate One Great Cumberland Place | |
27.06.24 | Victor Kite Prize 2024 | |
24.06.24 | 2024 Refugee Week White Collar Factory Morelands Rooftop Morelands | |
21.06.24 | Estates Gazette Awards 2024 shortlist | |
20.06.24 | Pedelle 2024 | |
19.06.24 | Bristol Civic Society Design Awards 2024 One Portwall Square Elderberry Walk | |
18.06.24 | Tower Hamlets Town Hall Receives a RICS 2024 London Regional Award Tower Hamlets Town Hall | |
13.06.24 | AIA UK Excellence in Design Awards 2024 Tower Hamlets Town Hall | |
11.06.24 | St Luke’s Community Centre Women’s Multicultural Group Visits White Collar Factory | |
04.06.24 | AHMM features in Vivid Sydney’s A New Normal Exhibition | |
31.05.24 | The Alder Centre receives an RIBA North West Regional Award 2024 The Alder Centre | |
29.05.24 | Tower Hamlets Town Hall shortlisted for the 2024 AJ100 Community Impact of the Year Award Tower Hamlets Town Hall | |
28.05.24 | Building London Planning Awards 2024 shortlist 2 Ruskin Square 1 Berkeley Street | |
28.05.24 | HD5K 2024 | |
17.05.24 | Tower Hamlets Town Hall wins a 2024 Pineapple Award Tower Hamlets Town Hall | |
15.05.24 | Structural transformation completes at 76 Southbank 76 Southbank | |
13.05.24 | 10-16 Bevis Marks receives planning | |
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 | |
30.04.24 | Urbanest Battersea nears completion Urbanest Battersea | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |