Built
Will Scott
Urbanest City is a distinctive mixed-use building that creates a new destination within the City of London; providing high-quality student housing, flexible office space and cultural areas.
Winner of the 2022 City building of the year, Urbanest City is a new mixed-use building combining 656-bed high-quality student housing with 11 floors of office space, a café and a public exhibition space, all seamlessly knitted together on a constrained site. This 11-storey building creates a distinctive new profile in the heart of the City of London and was jointly designed and delivered for client Urbanest by Hopkins Architects and Apt.
Project information
Status
Built
Borough
City of London
Size
22284 sq m
Estimated completion
July 2021
Location
Emperor House, 35 Vine St, London EC3N 2PX, UK
Team Credits
Architect
APT
Client
Urbanest UK Ltd
Contractor
Balfour Beatty
Planning Consultant
Gerald Eve
Landscape Architect
Townshend
Structural Engineer
Robert Bird Group
M&E / Sustainability Engineer
MTT
Exhibition Designer
Metaphor Design
Architect
Hopkins Architects Limited
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Last updated on
13/01/2025