Tower Hamlets Town Hall has been awarded a Government Property Award in the Project of the Year category.

The project has transformed the Grade II listed Royal London Hospital into the new headquarters for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Consolidating a number of the council’s offices into one location, the new town hall offers a broad range of public services to the borough’s residents, in a more accessible location in Whitechapel. The new build extension provides six upper levels of open plan office accommodation providing a contemporary working environment for 2,470 council staff plus partner organisations. At ground level a new council chamber and associated meeting facilities forms the borough’s democratic focus together with a significant ‘local presence’ space.

The new building embodies the Council’s vision to create a healthy, sustainable and flexible work environment for their staff combined with open and welcoming front facing facilities for their residents.

In their fourth year, the Government Property Awards celebrate projects across the public sector. The Project of the Year is awarded to an outstanding project that has made significant improvement to government property with a positive impact on the user and the wider public.