Clove Building

A 1940s warehouse in Shad Thames was remodelled to provide studio office, gallery and retail space, with car parking below. Selective demolition created a central lightwell bringing daylight into the deep plan and revealing the building's inner geometry. An extra floor was added to the top of the building while a small extension to the south provides a new entrance and core.

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The new extension steps back to signal the building entrance

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Context

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The original structural grid of mushroom-head columns is retained

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Constructional detail is kept simple with external materials restricted to white painted render and metal windows and balustrades

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The building’s corners were selectively demolished to create an orthogonal geometry

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The building as it is today, nearly 30 years on

City: London
Use: Workplace
Client: Conran Roche
Status: Completed
Size: 967 sqm
Awards: RIBA National Award
Collaborators: Structural engineer: Samuely
Services engineer: Brian Warwicker Partnership
Quantity surveyor: Jeremy Woolhouse
Contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine