New London Architecture

The Gramophone Works

Under Construction

The former home of Saga records, The Gramophone Works is a new landmark canal-side commercial scheme comprising a mix of refurbished, extended and new build contemporary office spaces.

The former home of Saga Records, The Gramophone Works is a new landmark commercial scheme comprising refurbished, extended and new-build contemporary office spaces.
Ideally suited to small and medium creative enterprises, the building features large, open plan working areas as well as a canal-side café, communal facilities, numerous cycle storage spaces and green areas at ground and roof levels. The scheme will be constructed using the latest in timber technology to create a sustainable and healthy phased development.

“The ambition was to utilise all of the existing reinforced concrete frame which included extraordinary ‘mushroom head’ columns. A new lightweight CLT frame allowed 3 additional storeys of wide and tall flexible space.
The added benefit of the internal timber walls and ceilings being self-finished creates a ‘zeitgeist space’ and reduced the time, cost and weight of the building.”

Richard Hywel Evans, Director, Studio RHE

Zero Carbon London

Zero Carbon London

→ Overall embodied carbon 152 kgCO2e/m2
→ 35% of regulated CO2 emissions to be below those of a Part L 2013 baseline
→ BREEAM Excellent (pre- assessment)
→ Estimated 3.5% reduction in CO2 emissions through renewables

This new landmark commercial scheme comprises refurbished, extended and new-build contemporary office spaces. The building features large, open plan working areas as well as communal facilities, cycle storage spaces and green areas at ground and roof levels. By inheriting and adopting existing structural elements, the proposal avoids waste, construction traffic and activity; significantly reducing its embodied carbon footprint. It also reinforces the development’s commitment to integrate into the historic and social fabric of the surrounding neighbourhood. The new- build sections will be constructed using the latest in timber technology to create a sustainable and healthy phased development.

Project information

Status

Under Construction

Borough

Kensington and Chelsea

Completion

2022


Location

Tha Base Station, 326 Kensal Rd, London W10 5BZ, UK


Team Credits

Client

Resolution Property

Architect

Studio RHE

Structural and Civil Engineer

Heyne Tillett Steel

M&E / Sustainability Engineer

Dowds

Contractor

Graham


Last updated on

31/05/2024


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