| Hounslow House | |
|---|---|
 Hounslow House | |
| Location | Hounslow |
| Coordinates | 51°28′07″N0°22′03″W / 51.4686°N 0.3675°W |
| Built | 2017-2019 |
| Architect | Sheppard Robson |
| Architectural style(s) | Postmodern style |
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Hounslow House is a municipal facility in Bath Road, Hounslow, London. The building is the headquarters of Hounslow London Borough Council.
After Hounslow Civic Centre became uneconomic to operate, [1] Hounslow London Borough Council decided to procure a smaller facility which would be located in the centre of the borough and more accessible to the public. [2] The site they selected on Bath Road had previously been occupied by a car park. [3] Linkcity were appointed the developer for the site in January 2017. [4] [5]
Construction of the new facility, to be known as Hounslow House, began in November 2016. [2] It was designed by Sheppard Robson in the postmodern style, [6] built by Bouygues Construction [7] at a cost of £66 million [8] and became available for occupation in April 2019. [9] [10] Approximately 1,300 employees were relocated during the move. [11] The new building was officially opened by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, on 1 May 2019. [1] [12]
Hounslow Library, which had been based in the Treaty Centre, relocated to the new building as part of the development. [13] [14]
The design involves a symmetrical main frontage with sixteen glazed bays, separated by geometric shapes made from anodised aluminium, facing Lampton Road. [15] The building, which measures 16,000 square metres (170,000 sq ft), is seven storeys high. The ground floor is occupied by public meeting rooms; the library and registrar's office as well as the new adult education classrooms, are on the first floor; the offices of the council officers and their departments are on the second, third, fourth and fifth floors, while the council chamber is on the top floor. [15] Hounslow Clinical Commissioning Group and the Metropolitan Police also have customer access points in the new building. [1]
The design was highly commended in the borough-led projects category of the London Planning Awards in January 2020. [16]
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