Lansdowne House

On Wednesday 14 February contractors McGee officially broke ground at the landmark Lansdowne House site in Mayfair, London. A ceremony was held, attended by the development manager CO-RE, future tenants Blackstone including CEO Stephen Schwarzman, Prime Minster Rishi Sunak, US ambassador Jane Hartley, key partners, and project team members. 

Located at the southern end of Berkeley Square in Mayfair, the Lansdowne House site will be transformed into a new commercial building which has been carefully designed to last for generations to come, and to achieve the highest possible standards for sustainability and wellbeing, targeting BREEAM Outstanding and WELL Platinum. 

The redevelopment will provide 225,000 square feet of premium modern office space across 10 storeys to be occupied by Blackstone for their European Headquarters, and 14,000 square feet of ground floor retail and restaurants. New amenities for modern occupiers will be provided throughout the building, including an outdoor rooftop terrace that incorporates greening and biodiversity, balconies on every floor overlooking Berkeley Square and 470 cycle spaces located in the basement with showers, lockers and changing facilities. 

Significant improvements to the public realm will reconnect the building to the historic square with pedestrainised areas revitalised and more public space provided. 

Angel Square

Construction works at Angel Square are progressing, with the limited demolition work of parts of the existing structure now almost completed and the new core and structure being constructed. 

Angel Square reinvents a prominent corner site in Islington, North London. The development provides over 290,000 square feet of mixed-use space including significant best-in-class employment space and affordable workspace providing exemplary, flexible working environments with low operational energy demands as well as enhanced public realm and a new public connection between Islington High Street and Torrens Street. 

The new significantly redeveloped building retains 80% of the existing concrete structure, saving a significant amount of embodied carbon. The existing building's internal structure grid has also informed a facade design of articulated solid columns and ledges, supplemented by profiled metal spandrel panels and the use of glazed terracotta and pre-cast concrete elements at ground floor. 

The project is due to complete in 2025. 

 

Taxi House

On Thursday, 27 March, the Taxi House team celebrated the topping out of the building at a ceremony on site in Westminster, with the client Cheyne Capital, the main contractor McAleer and Rush and the project team.

This collection of buildings, designed around a new public space which opens out to the Grand Union Canal, will accommodate a hotel and extensive amenity space including a spa with swimming pool, waterside restaurant, a boutique cinema room, games space and various co-working zones and maker spaces. 

The new split level public space, spanning from the entrance of the site to the waterfront, will be activated by retail and lobby space at the upper street level, and a cafe and performance space at canal level, where a new piazza adjacent to the canal enables public access to this part of the waterside for the first time. 

The project is due to complete in spring 2025. 

Television Centre, Phase 2

In April construction started on two new residential buildings at the Television Centre in White City, London for developers Mitsui Fudosan UK and Stanhope. 

The nine-storey 'Scenery House' designed by dRMM, and 25-storey 'The Ariel' by AHMM form part of the second phase of the Television Centre masterplan and together provide 347 apartments and townhouses. 

The accommodation will range from studios to four-bed townhouses with a complementary range of amenities including residents' lounges, a screening room, co-working spaces and meeting rooms, as well as private dining room and roof terrace. 

Particular attention has been paid to greening the areas in and around the buildings. Landscape architect, Gillespies, has designed a courtyard garden, rooftop terrace and pocket park between the two built elements of the scheme. 

Multiplex has been appointed as the construction manager and completion is scheduled for mid-2027. 

 

1 Broadgate

The 1 Broadgate team celebrated the topping out of the building at a ceremony on site, on the 25th April, with client British Land and GIC, contractor Sir Robert McAlpine and the wider project team. 

This mixed-use scheme within the Broadgate Campus near Liverpool Street station will create 50,000 square feet of retail space arranged around a new arcade over two levels with 500,000 square feet of new office space above. 

In plan, the building form maintains the principles and geometry of the original masterplan by framing the public space around Broadgate circle and formally addressing the southern edge of Finsbury Avenue Square. Lower-level volumes pull apart to create entrances and retail arcades through the building establishing a form of retail podium on which the office uses are stacked, Generous terraces and balconies provide a total of 45,000 square feet of amenity and green space for users of the building. 

1 Broadgate is AHMM's second project as part of British Land's revitalisation of the Broadgate campus, following the award winning 1 Finsbury Avenue.

76 Southbank

In May the structural remodelling works at 76 Southbank where successfully completed, marking a significant achievement in the journey towards creating a transformative space adjacent to the National Theatre. 

Designed by Sir Denys Lasdun and completed in 1983 as an office and client marketing building for IBM, the existing building was no longer meeting modern-day occupier requirements. With a focus on occupant wellbeing, AHMM's proposals sensitively remodel, refurbish, and extend the Grade II listed building delivering 300,000 square feet of adaptable and highly sustainable office space. 50,000 square feet of outdoor riverside terraces will be brought to life through a sensitive and considered landscape design, a new double height 10,000 square feet entrance lobby at street level will create a new colonnade activating the public realm and a new circulation core will provide future tenant flexibility and an animated focus to the generous office floorplates. 

This milestone illustrates significant progress achieved over the last 18 months towards creating a future-proofed, sustainable office environment that embodies innovation and prioritises wellbeing. The scheme, which has been overseen by Multiplex who are serving as the main contractors, has now reached its highest point and the complex structural works have come to a conclusion. Completion is set for Q4 2024. 

 

Lake Hefner Golf Clubhouse

On 29 August Lake Hefner Golf Clubhouse in Oklahoma City officially broke ground with The Mayor of Oklahoma City, City Council members, Golf commissions, Design team and interested citizens attending a ceremony on site. 

Publicly owned by The City of Oklahoma City and widely regarded as one of the premier municipal golf courses in a multistate region, the new clubhouse strives to be the Clubhouse for all Lake Hefner users and City residents by appealing to more than just golfers - diversifying and increasing revenue streams to guarantee long term success. 

Construction officially started on Tuesday 03 September, with the project due for completion at the beginning of 2026. 

1 Riva Row

Since breaking ground in November 2023, construction at 1 Riva Row has progressed at a steady pace. Area 'A' basement and concrete shear walls were completed in January 2024, as well as initial slabs on grade. Over the next months, structural groundworks continued across Area 'B' to complete this portion of the project.

The 1 Riva Row team then celebrated the topping out of the building at a ceremony on site in September.

Developed for Howard Hughes, this new build multifamily development will create 268 new homes in the heart of The Woodlands, Texas.

The massing consists of two distinct elements - a podium and tower. The four story residential podium responds to the scale of Riva Row and the adjacent Waterway. The fourteen-story residential tower addresses the prominent corner and strategic views across The Woodlands.

The project is due to complete in December 2025.

 

Acorn House

In October, the Acorn House team celebrated the topping out of the building at a ceremony in Kings Cross. 

Designed for our client Precis Advisory, and housing provider Newlon Housing Trust, this entirely affordable housing development will deliver 33 new homes, 60% of which are to be Social Affordable Rent (set by Camden Council), and 40% as Intermediate Rent tenures (in line with GLA household income caps). The building also provides flexible and affordable office space, a community room, play space and a retail unit for a local business on the ground floor. 

Acorn House is being built as part of a two-site development, paired with the new Laboratories building at nearby Belgrove House, which will be MSD's UK Discover Centre and Headquarters located in the heart of the Knowledge Quarter. Works will not begin to complete the facade and start the fit-out, with the building expected to open in 2025. 

Plot 6 Deptford Landings

In October construction started on 189 low-energy affordable homes for local people at Plot 6 Deptford Landings, part of the ongoing regeneration of the former industrial site in southeast London, led by Lendlease.

The fully affordable development, designed by AHMM, will include 130 homes for social rent and 59 homes for shared ownership, providing housing opportunities for local people, including those on the council's waiting list. Residents will enjoy carefully designed living spaces across three eight-storey buildings, complete with private balconies, a landscaped courtyard, and large roof terraces.

The development, led by Peabody with Higgins Partnerships will be built to Passivhaus standards, providing energy-efficient homes for residents, with drastically reduced energy bills, improved comfort, and enhanced air quality.

 

The Boathouse District Trailhead

The Boathouse District Trailhead celebrated its public opening with a launch party on the 04 October, in Oklahoma City.

Intended to serve as an entry point for the public trails and existing pump track in Oklahoma City, The Boathouse District Trailhead is composed of nine shipping containers, offering a dynamic stage for bike enthusiasts alike while providing concessions, look out points, and elevated bicycle pathways connecting to a BMX designed track that encircles the site.

Tottenham Hale North Ferry

Construction works at Tottenham Hale Ferry Island, Phase 2 of the Tottenham Hale Island Masterplan, are progressing, with the new core and structure being constructed and the façade going up.

The final phase of a three-building mixed-use development in Haringey offering a mix of market rent, market sale and shared ownership apartments as well as office and leisure accommodation framing a significant new public space and improved pedestrian connections in the area, Tottenham Hale Ferry Island comprises of two residential buildings providing 484 new homes with commercial at ground floor, shared amenity spaces at mezzanine and roof levels and a two screen cinema in the shared basement.

 

334 Oxford Street

In November the 334 Oxford Street team celebrated the topping out of the building at a ceremony on site.

Managed by the London based commercial real estate practice Capital Real Estate Partners for the client 334 Ramsbury Oxford Limited, the design proposals retain the existing building’s structure, introduce new sustainable facades, and create three additional storeys at upper levels with terraces benefiting from urban greening.

The proposals also include the reprovision of three floors of retail on Oxford Street, with Grade A flexible workspace at upper levels, and a flexible mix of uses on Vere Street, Marylebone Lane and Henrietta Place.

The project is due to complete in early 2026.

The Citizen

The Citizen, an office-led scheme in Oklahoma City, is nearing completion.

From its inception, the project has aimed to promote civic discourse by bringing disparate groups of people together in this modern-day forum. Sitting across the street from the Oklahoma City National Memorial, the generous ground floor volume is set back to extend the urban realm deep into the building, and a banking hall and restaurant engage with the building foyer to further activate and enliven the entrance. Above, a diverse blend of uses includes co-working space, a members’ club, a hotel, and a tech start-up incubator, culminating in offices at the upper levels, one of which the AHMM OKC office will be moving into in January 2025.

 
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