New London Architecture

Urbanest City

Built

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.

New London Awards 2023

New London Awards 2023

Shortlisted in Mixed Use category 

Urbanest City is a distinctive mixed-use building that creates a new mixed-use destination within the City of London.

Vote for this project in the People’s Choice award: https://bit.ly/NewLondonPeoplesChoice

Project information

Status

Built

Borough

City of London

Size

22284 sq m

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


Listed by

Apt London

Last updated on

31/05/2024


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