King's Cross W3

Planning Granted

Forbes Massie

The scheme is a community-oriented building comprising a café, gym and creche, designed as an engaging piece of architecture with a welcoming, vibrant street presence.

Part of the wider Kings Cross regeneration area, W3 is a community building, whose structure and main facades are all made from engineered timber. With an easily accessible café, a gym that focuses on group exercise and a creche the building it is an intergenerational well-being hub that is fully accessible to the wider urban area. The building’s main purpose is to encourage people to socialise, exercise and make use of space that was previously closed off for public use.

NEW LONDON AWARDS 2021

Shortlisted in the UNBUILT category
Our building is part of the W-zone in Kings Cross, a triangular site, bounded by the Kings Cross and St Pancras railway lines and the busy York Way. The cluster of buildings forms a mini neighbourhood, creating both an attractive and protected space that is also fully accessible to residents of the wider urban area.

W3 is a community building, whose structure and main facades are all made from engineered timber, targeting to achieve BREEAM excellent. With an easily accessible café, a gym that focuses on group exercise and a creche the building is the heart of the W -Zone.