Morgans Management Ltd
Contractor - Myco; PM - Cushman and Wakefield; Structural - CSC; MEP - Carnell Warren; DLSL + Party Wall - Consil; Approved Inspector - Quandrant; Fire Engineer - Ashton’s; Landscaping - Turkington Martin; Photograhy - Marcus Quigley.
The project brief was to extend a existing linear residential block on the edge of Crouch End, North London. As the design developed, the client extended the works to demolish and rebuild the linear block to improve the quality of the apartments whilst maintaining the contemporary architectural style.
Planning was achieved at Avenue Heights first time, in 2018, for an annex to an existing 1960's tower in Crouch End, North London. The annex was a 5 storey building, which replaced an existing 2 storey annex which was deemed structural unstable. This created 17 new apartments, replacing the 8 that existed within the original annex.
The replacement annex was to pay homage to the original 1960's modernist Architectural style, with its rendered form, strong geometry and sweeping horizontal lines. The extension is treated as an opposite - using black cladding and vertical treatments.
T2S always want to control all aspects of the design, and all its disciplines, to ensure the built form is a true reflection of the initial concept. Ultimately – this is how Architects should judge themselves.
In order to create the purest form, we didn’t want MEP extracts and other equipment to penetrate the façade. We devised a purge panel system whereby the extracts were integrated within a window spandrel panel, which was hidden by a louvered screen.
The resultant windows are free of purge requirements, and so are fixed, with no mullions, to maximise the view. Below the extract system, a solid openable spandrel panel was used for purge ventilation.
Both the tower and annex sit within exquisite, landscaped grounds, used by all residents of the development. They offer the perfect setting and ground the buildings within suburban North London.
The annex features a gym and new reception foyet, significantly improving the resident offering for both the existing and new tenants.
TootingWe inherited a Planning consent for 29 residential apartments and circa 5,000ft2 of commercial floor space in a modern new build development on Tooting High Street, Wandsworth, South London. The client wanted us to develop the technical design based on a JCT Traditional form of contract, delivering the works through to conpletion. Our technical information has been generated using Vectorworks 3-d BIM software, facilitating the production of the tender documents for a construction start date of February 2024.
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The CourtyardGloucester Avenue is a complex collection of buildings configured in a courtyard arrangement in North London. The site sits in the heart of the Primrose Hill conservation area and straddles the North Western Trainline into Euston Station. Once planning consent was sought, the works were constructed on-site to deliver 39 residential apartments, 1 detached house, and just over 8000 sqft of Commercial B1(a) floor space.
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Sulivan RoadThe works involved the refurbishment and extension of an existing building in Fulham; adjacent to the Hurlingham club and within close proximity to the Thames. 14 apartments were created, with additional commercial space to the rear, whilst the existing Commercial tenant, and top floor residential tenants, continued to operate and reside in the building. The resultant facade works are a striking Architectural solution to a highly constrained but sought after property.
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New MaldenThe client's brief was to develop the upper floors whilst retaining the existing Commercial space on ground floor. Planning permission is sought for 9 residential apartments within a modern building over 5 stories. The intention is to occupy the commercial space before the rest of the development is completed so the team has had to factor this into the design. The existing first floor, roofs, structure and slab will be removed; with the existing external walls on ground floor retained creating the Commercial demise. This allows for a cleaner phasing of the construction works.
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