2265 - Holbein Gardens
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Refurbishment of an existing 1980s commercial building to create a modern office and to add additional floor area. Sustainability is at the heart of the development, reusing as much of the existing building fabric and providing low-carbon, engineered timber extensions and utilising reused steel.
Key Features
- 1-2 storey upward extension, including roof terrace.
- New structure in steel frame and CLT floor slabs, with some of the steelwork reused from other Grosvenor sites and from reclaimed stock.
- 93% of existing building reused.
- Minimal strengthening to existing building verified through investigations.
- Building partly located over TW sewer and adjacent to Sloane Square LUL station.
- Aided the development of our HTS Stockmatcher tool, which is now open source to support the uptake of reused steel across the industry.
Client: GrosvenorArchitect: Barr Gazetas
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People:
William Wallace
Tom Steel