New London Architecture

The Standard

Built

A former 1970s brutalist Camden Council office building has been transformed into The Standard, London, a contemporary, boutique hotel. The project successfully demonstrates how to optimise

A former 1970s brutalist Camden Council office building has been transformed into The Standard, London, a contemporary, boutique hotel.
Working with Orms, HTS built a full Revit model of the existing structure from archive drawings to highlight the risks and opportunities within the structure and the potential for reuse. The project successfully demonstrates how to optimise an existing building through a change of use for a long-life, loose fit future. 94% of the structure was reused, providing significant carbon savings.

Zero Carbon London

Zero Carbon London

→ Overall embodied carbon 121 kgCO2e/m2
→ Whole life carbon 5270 tCO2e
→ 94% of the primary structure retained

A former 1970s brutalist Camden Council office building has been transformed into The Standard, London, a contemporary, boutique hotel. The project successfully demonstrates how to optimise an existing building through a change of use for a long-life, loose fit future. On site, a ‘total engineering’ approach allowed for designing both temporary and permanent works as a single integrated system, using smart phasing to minimise temporary works and its hidden embodied carbon. 94 per cent of the structure was reused, providing significant carbon savings. Over 30 per cent of additional load was added to the existing structure with almost no strengthening.

Project information

Status

Built

Borough

Camden

Completion

June 2019


Location

26 Argyle St, London WC1H 8EG, UK


Team Credits

Architect

Orms

Structural Engineer

Heyne Tillett Steel

M&E / Sustainability Engineer

Arup

Cost Consultant

Gardiner & Theobald LLP

Client

Crosstree Real Estate Partners

Project Manager

Opera


Last updated on

31/05/2024


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