Case Studies

The metalwork structure for stairway and lift core Adriana Paice, Director of I.S.A. Holdings, commissioned the work on The Gaslight Building. I.S.A. Holdings is developing The Gaslight Building as a Refurbishment and Partial Redevelopment project. Adriana talks to us about the background to this project. The structure of the installation is a series of intricate […]

Contemporising a nineties building 1 Snowden Street is at the centre of the trendified area now known as Broadgate Quarter. A building designed in the nineties, it had dated quickly and needed to be brought into line with the expectations of office tenants in today’s commercial market. Here we hear from the people responsible for […]

Fenman House, consisting of 75 apartments, is part of a high-density scheme that is part of the Kings Cross Masterplan created by Allies and Morrison Architects and Urban Planners. The buildings in the scheme have been created to be tenure-blind, that is, providing consistent high-quality provision for occupants regardless of their having purchased, rented or […]

Creating a new and dynamic identity for a leased office building Elizabeth Humphries, Associate Director Architecture at McBains. Elizabeth was the architect for this project. “The original brief was to undertake renovations to dilapidations as the main tenant was moving out of the building then McBains were asked to provide architectural services to refresh all […]