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 photo: Simon Warren
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City Literary InstituteKeeley Street, London WC2In the heart of London's Covent Garden, we engineered a new building to house the City Literary Institute, which had occupied a nearby site for many years. The seven storey concrete frame structure is clad in biscuit coloured brick and supported by new piled foundations. The building is distinctive in plan: the end bordering on Keeley Street is piano shaped. Within this, two double height floors house the Institute's teaching rooms and drama studios. Ten metre spans create a generous feeling of open space. We modelled the design of the studio windows. Full height glass panels are set at the back of a brick inset, 700mm deep, that is angled to permit the maximum amount of light to penetrate. Exposed concrete walls and ceilings throughout the building are part of a low energy services strategy. We worked with the building services engineers to help route all services through suspended ceilings in the corridors. Civic Trust Award commendation 2006 |
