Arts Council England National Offices

London, United Kingdom 2006–2008

Client: Arts Council England RIBA Award

The National Offices for the Arts Council in Great Peter Street provide workspace for two hundred and fifty staff, as well as meeting and reception spaces in a seven-storey building that was reconstructed from a Victorian building in the 1980s. The refurbishment of the interiors —previously labyrinthine partitioned offices with low suspended ceilings— took place in a phased construction process without closing the building.

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Drawings

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Lower ground floor plan

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Upper ground floor plan

Drawings 3

First floor plan

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Colour scheme

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Reception cross section

Credits

Location
London, United Kingdom

Date
2006–2008

Client
Arts Council England

Area
3,500 m²

Caruso St John Architects
Adam Caruso, Peter St John

Project architect
Aureliusz Kowalczyk

Project team
Neslihan Aydogan, Viktor Jak, James Payne, Frank Wössner

Collaborating artist
Lothar Götz

Structural engineer
Price & Myers

Services engineer
GDM

Project manager
Jackson Coles

Cost consultant
Jackson Coles

Planning supervisor
Jackson Coles

Photography
Hélène Binet

Awards
RIBA Award