
160 Old Street
This substantial refurbishment transforms a former Royal Mail building into a contemporary space comprising workspace, retail, and restaurant facilities
- Location Clerkenwell
- Size 214,000 sq ft
- Awards/accreditations AJ Architecture Awards - Workspace (over 10,000 sq m) - 2021. BCO Award - Refurbished / Recycled workplace - 2021, 2020. BCO Award - Innovation - 2020. New London Awards (shortlist) - Workplace - 2020
The BREEAM Excellent building retains and exposes the original frame of the 1970s structure, with additions in steel and a new brick façade. Four new retail units along the Old Street frontage provide retail and restaurant accommodation improving the street frontage in this rapidly changing part of London.
- Client GPE
- Architect Orms
- Project Manager Jackson Coles
- Services Hilson Moran
- Structure Heyne Tillett Steel

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