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Toynbee Hall Estate & London Square Spitalfields

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Toynbee Hall Estate & London Square Spitalfields

Alan Williams

A collaborative project for developer London Square and the charity Toynbee Hall creating a mixed-use scheme arranged around a pocket park and the historic Hall, ensuring the future of the charity.

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The scheme provides 63 units of tenure blind housing for London Square with 35 per cent of the scheme affordable housing for Peabody. Toynbee Hall were the client for project, which included the 1,200 sqm commercial building and a bespoke fitout for their Advice and Wellbeing Centres, which has given the charity greater presence on the street and to the local community.  The new buildings have created a sustainable future for an important east London charity whilst enhancing the setting of the Grade II listed Toynbee Hall and bringing significant improvements to the public realm in Spitalfields.

Project information

Status

Built

Borough

Tower Hamlets

Size

8060 sq m

Completion

December 2019

Location

157a Commercial St, Spitalfields, London E1 6BJ, UK

Team Credits

Architect

Platform 5 Architects - RESIDENTIAL PROJECT, 28 COMMERCIAL STREET PROJECT

Structural Engineer

Clark Smith Partnership - RESIDENTIAL PROJECT, 28 COMMERCIAL STREET PROJECT

M&E / Sustainability Engineer

Desco - RESIDENTIAL PROJECT, 28 COMMERCIAL STREET PROJECT,

Project Manager

London Square - RESIDENTIAL PROJECT

Contractor

London Square - RESIDENTIAL PROJECT

Developer

London Square - RESIDENTIAL PROJECT

Landscape Architect

Cameo & Partners - RESIDENTIAL PROJECT

Planning Consultant

CBRE - RESIDENTIAL PROJECT, 28 COMMERCIAL STREET PROJECT,

Project Manager

Benison Associates - 28 COMMERCIAL STREET PROJECT

Cost Consultant

Fanshawe - 28 COMMERCIAL STREET PROJECT

Contractor (base build)

Thomas Sinden Ltd - 28 COMMERCIAL STREET PROJECT

Executive Architect (base build)

Saunders - 28 COMMERCIAL STREET PROJECT

Contractor (fit out)

Parkeray Ltd - 28 COMMERCIAL STREET PROJECT

Funder (fit out)

GLA Good Growth Fund - 28 COMMERCIAL STREET PROJECT

Landscape Architects

Cameo & Partners, Muf Architecture/Art - MALLON GARDENS

Contractor

London Square - MALLON GARDENS

Architect

Richard Griffiths Architects (Toynbee Hall refurbishment and extension)

Architect

David Hughes Architects (Sub-Consultant to Platform 5 Architects for RIBA stages 1-3)

Listed by

Platform 5 Architects

Last updated on

29/09/2020

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