Pilbrow and Partners have hit the right note with Islington’s virtual planning committee by winning permission for Europe’s leading music business hub.

The practice won planning consent last week at the London Borough of Islington’s first virtual planning committee for Tileyard Studios on York Way, a 70,000 sq ft building providing flexible workspace and closely tuned to the particular demands of the sector.

Tileyard began life in largely derelict warehouses in Kings Cross in 2006 to grow to become 1000 strong with 400 leading creating companies sharing knowledge and expertise. Home to performers like Mark Ronson, Basement Jaxx and the Prodigy, it is also the base for a range of specialist creative and high tech companies.

The new building is aimed at supporting Tileyard’s future growth and, say the architects, embodies the company’s need for effective internal networks and connectivity by providing combined and flexible spaces that encourage collaboration. 

Fred Pilbrow, Founding Partner at Pilbrow & Partners, said: “The generous contemporary industrial space provides a robust framework within which recording studios, informal performance spaces and flexible workspace can be created. The building, which we’ve designed in collaboration with Patrick Bellew of Atelier Ten, will deliver exemplary sustainability performance with a focus on health and wellbeing.” 

Tileyard’s iconic Vinyl Café will be relocated into the York Way frontage.