10 Brock Street

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10 Brock Street
Regent's Place
10 Brock Street
General information
Architectural styleContemporary
Address338 Euston Road
Town or city London
CountryEngland
Coordinates 51°31′32″N0°08′22″W / 51.525556°N 0.139444°W / 51.525556; -0.139444
Groundbreaking2010
Completed2013
Cost£116 million
Owner British Land
ManagementM3 Consulting
Height238.32 feet (72.64 m)
Technical details
MaterialGlass and steel
Floor count16
Floor area49,000m²
Design and construction
Architect(s) WilkinsonEyre
Engineer CH2M
Structural engineerFacade: Arup
Other designersLighting design Maurice Brill
Main contractor Lendlease
Awards and prizes2014, Best Built: London Planning Award
Designations BREEAM
Website
WilkinsonEyre
References
[1] [2] [3] [4]

10 Brock Street is a contemporary sixteen story office building designed by WilkinsonEyre and in London, England, The building is part of a development called Regent's Place which is made up of eight buildings. The development was commissioned by British Land. The unique visual elements include geometric angled planes, luminescent facades and angled roofline.

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Design

The building has three different sections which produce three different roof lines. Each section appears to be a separate building. together and separate they take on a crystalline appearance. [5] It is a 3 core design which s referred to as in the style of Renzo Piano. [6]

The office building s part of the Regent's Place development, which is a 13-acre site for the British Land company. The site includes retail, and residential in a total of eight buildings. There are 20,000 people who either work or live at the site. [3] The original commission in 2003 called for three buildings of staggered height, but the Financial crisis of 2007–2008 caused the construction plans to change. 10 Brock Street became a single building with a larger footprint. [1] Initial tenants included Debenhams, Facebook and Manchester City Football Club. [7]

Materials

The building materials which were used in the facade include: aluminum mesh, 80 different glass types and luminescent steel panels. The components of the facade make the building more energy efficient. Instead of an all-glass facade, 20% of the building's south side is insulated. On the east and west outer glass facades there is fritting in the glass. The fritting consists of dots which are baked the glass with paint. Inside the glass there is also fritting. Inside facing fritting has a silver color and facing out is a dark blue: these different fritting shades create a 3 dimensional appearance to the glass. The fritting also is a factor in sun-shading. There are long vertical sun shading fins that also assist in the sun-shading. [1] The energy saving measures incorporated in the design have earned the building an BREEAM - excellent (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) rating. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Buxton, Pamela (1 March 2014). "10 Brock Street, London". Royal Institute of British Architects. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "10 Brock Street". WilkinsonEyre . Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Regent's Place A vibrant, exciting campus in Central London". British Land . Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Emporis building ID 291657". Emporis . Archived from the original on 18 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. 1 2 Waite, Richard (18 December 2013). "A first look at Wilkinson Eyre's £116m Euston office scheme". Architects' Journal. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Allinson, Kenneth (2014). London's contemporary architecture : an explorer's guide (6th ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415-82502-3. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Facebook completes letting at 10 Brook Street, Regent's Place British Land 7 November 2013
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