| Architect |
Allies &
Morrison |
| Date
Built |
1987 |
| Location |
Shad Thames |
| Description |
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The Clove Building on Shad Thames describes
itself as, "... a stylish and elegant
1930s building that was developed by Sir
Terence Conran and architect Allies
& Morrison to create award winning
office accommodation." It
sits behind the Design Museum between Shad
Thames and Maguire Street. Work began
on the original warehouse building in the
1930s but because of the war it wasn't
completed until the late 1940s.  The architects say
that the building was, "... remodelled
to provide studio office, gallery
and retail space, with car parking
below. Selective demolition is used
to create a central lightwell
bringing daylight into the deep plan
and to reveal the building’s inner
geometry, reinforced by the addition
of a new top floor. A small
extension to the south provides a
new entrance and core. The
tripartite composition of the white
rendered facades and metallic grey
steel windows reflects the
building’s new uses, and projecting
balconies overlook the newly-defined
Shad Thames Square."
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The Clove
Building, London
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