10 & 12 Hammersmith Grove, London



Architect
Flanagan Lawrence
Date Built
Number 10 completed  2013 - Number 12 completed 2016
Location
Beside Hammersmith Tube Station
Description
Numbers 10 & 12 Hammersmith Grove is a mixed-use development in the heart of Hammersmith.  It comprises 277,000 sq ft of grade A office space, as well as four new restaurants and an extensive new public realm. Number 10 was completed in summer 2013 providing 110,000 sq ft of offices space.  Number 12 was completed 3 years later adding a further 167,000 sq ft of office space.



The eye-catching facade is a measure to improve thermal performance.  The architect's website explains they used, "... the latest glass coating and fritting technology .... The seamless skin reflects and cloaks the building in an elegant crystalline sheath.  As well as an efficient envelope, the use of highly effective M&E equipment, LED lighting and roof-mounted solar panels will contribute to the sustainable credentials of the scheme."



They add that, "... Given the central location of the site, car parking is limited to 4 cars, and cycle parking provision is exceptional, with 105 secure spaces located close to the building. Showers, lockers and drying rooms are provided on the ground floor, facilitating use of the building by cyclists and runners. Large, flexible office floor plates on upper floors have centralised cores, which maximise the potential for daylight penetration into the buildings, and views out. Landscaped terraces on upper floors enjoy southerly views towards the river and park lands beyond."