by WilkinsonEyre Gasholders London Details Location: London, UK Client: King’s Cross Central Limited Partnership Architect: WilkinsonEyre Structural Engineer: Arup Dwelling type: 145 units (studio, 1-bed, 2-bed and 3-bed apartments and penthouses) Total net residential area: 15,290m² Date: Completed January 2018 Code for Sustainable Homes: Level 4 King’s Cross is the largest urban redevelopment scheme in Europe and the rich industrial heritage of the site is integral to its renaissance. Among the most distinctive and beautiful features to be retained is a conjoined triplet of gasholder guide frames, constructed in 1867, now Grade II listed and the world’s only connected triplet to be refurbished into residential spaces. WilkinsonEyre won a design competition in 2002 with a concept for three residential buildings to be housed within the elegant cast iron frames. The concept proposed three drums of accommodation at diﬀering heights to suggest the movement of the original gasholders, which would have risen up or down depending on the pressure of the gas within. A fourth, virtual drum shape, located at the centre of the frames, formed an open courtyard, celebrating the conglomeration of the cast iron structures at their point of intersection. The concept has been advanced to create a dynamic counterpoint between new and old. The heavy industrial aesthetic and raw physical materiality of the guide structures contrasts with the lightness and intricacy of the interior spaces, which draw inspiration from the delicate reﬁnement of a traditional watch movement. Awards Civic Trust Regional Award Sunday Times British Home,Development of the Year Award RIBA National Award 2018 RIBA London Award 2018 International Property Awards 2016; Best International Architecture Multiple Residence and World’s Best Architecture

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by WilkinsonEyreGasholders London

DetailsLocation: London, UK Client: King’s Cross Central Limited PartnershipArchitect: WilkinsonEyre Structural Engineer: ArupDwelling type: 145 units (studio, 1-bed, 2-bed and 3-bed apartments and penthouses) Total net residential area: 15,290m²Date: Completed January 2018Code for Sustainable Homes: Level 4

King’s Cross is the largest urban redevelopment scheme in Europe and the rich industrial heritage of the site is integral to its renaissance. Among the most distinctive and beautiful features to be retained is a conjoined triplet of gasholder guide frames, constructed in 1867, now Grade II listed and the world’s only connected triplet to be refurbished into residential spaces.

WilkinsonEyre won a design competition in 2002 with a concept for three residential buildings to be housed within the elegant cast iron frames. The concept proposed three drums of accommodation at differing heights to suggest the movement of the original gasholders, which would have risen up or down depending on the pressure of the gas within. A fourth, virtual drum shape, located at the centre of the frames, formed an open courtyard, celebrating the conglomeration of the cast iron structures at their point of intersection.

The concept has been advanced to create a dynamic counterpoint between new and old. The heavy industrial aesthetic and raw physical materiality of the guide structures contrasts with the lightness and intricacy of the interior spaces, which draw inspiration from the delicate refinement of a traditional watch movement.

AwardsCivic Trust Regional AwardSunday Times British Home,Development of the Year AwardRIBA National Award 2018 RIBA London Award 2018International Property Awards 2016; Best International Architecture Multiple Residence and World’s Best Architecture