丨英国伦敦丨Henley Halebrown architects

architects Henley Halebrown

Shepherdess Walk, London

1997–1999

The scheme adapts an early C20th industrial building to create 50 loft apartments and ground floor commercial space.

‘This conversion…conjures images of neighbourly interaction over the garden fence, five storeys above the city.’ Corinna Dean 1999

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Rooftop pavilions set in a garden landscape: a suburban setting on an urban building

The design transformed the existing courtyard

South facing balconies in the renovated courtyard. The courtyard floor conceals a newly excavated underground car park

A new lift tower links the underground car park with the street-level entrance hall and galleries on the upper floors

Each pavilion and garden is an extension of the penthouse apartment below

New lightweight construction uses known efficiencies – standard steel sections, in conjunction with a palette of Iroko, zinc and glass providing warmth, enclosure and transparency

A penthouse loft interior in its raw state

Gradually the warm timber and bright zinc have weathered and subdued

In the tradition of rooftop structures one material is used for walls and roofs, in this case zinc

Technical

Appointment: 1997

Construction start: 1998

Completion: 1999

Area: 10223m2

Budget: £4.5m

Form of contract: Traditional

Client: Manhattan Loft Corporation

Contractor: William Verry

Structural Engineer: John E Foster

Quantity Surveyor: BPTW Partnership

Landscape Architect: Freemont Landscape Architects

Glazing Engineer: Dewhurst MacFarlane

Bibliography

David Littlefield and Saskia Lewis, ‘Morphology and Matter’, in: Architectural Voices (2007), pp.72–81

‘Kontext Materialu a Pameti’, in: Forum (April 2001), pp.20–25

Adam Jacques, ‘Adventures in Space’, in: The Independent – Property (28 April 2004), pp.2–3

‘High Life’, in: The Architectural Review (January 2001), pp.72–74

‘Zen Roof Terrace’, in: Elle Decoration – Deco Details (August 2000), pp.2–3

‘Shepherdess Walk’, in: Quaderns (2000), pp.84–89

‘The Loft Building’, in: A & T (1999), pp.82–93

‘The Factory’, in: Nikkei Architecture (13 December 1999), pp.76–79

Corinna Dean, ‘Pastoral Bliss’, in: The Architects’ Journal (24 June 1999), pp.21–31

‘Dach als Vorstadtidylle’, in: Bauwelt (30 October 1998), pp.2296–2297

Awards

RIBA Award, 2000

Crown Estates RIBA Award, (Shortlisted) 2000

Blueprint Awards, Best Residential Building of the Year (Refurbishment), (Commendation) 2000

British Archaeological Awards AIA Ironbridge Award, (Shortlisted) 2000

Hot Dip Galvanizing Awards, (Shortlisted) 2000

Guardian National Homebuilder Design, (Shortlisted) 2000