White Collar Factory, Old Street
London. 2017
- Project Details
- Completion: 2017
- Clients: Derwent London plc
White Collar Factory at Old Street Yard is the built iteration of an eight-year research project led by AHMM with Derwent London. It comprises a complex of six buildings including offices, studios, incubator space, restaurants and apartments set around a new piece of public realm, with the sixteen-storey White Collar Factory tower at its heart. This major new office building features flexible floor plates, operable windows allowing for extensive natural ventilation, and generous volumes with active exposed concrete soffits and core. The mini-tower represents a new type of development that takes its cue from the multi-level factory typology. Together, the buildings create a new and more permeable piece of city that references the alleys and passageways of the historic urban grain.
Awards
Civic Trust Awards: National Winner Commendation 2019
BCIA: Commercial Property of the Year - Highly Commended 2018
BCO Commercial Workplace Award 2018
BCO London Innovation Award 2018
Concrete Society Awards - Highly Commended 2018
New London Award: Wellbeing 2018
RIBA London Region Award 2018
RIBA National Award 2018
RICS Awards: Best Commercial Development National 2018
RICS London Award for Commercial Development 2018
The Estate Gazette Awards: Creative Spaces 2018
MIPIM UK/Estates Gazette Visionary Building of the Year 2016
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