FX AWARDS 2016: THE WINNERS
UK Project of the Year
Winner: Turnmill
by Piercy & Company
Image: Jack Hobhouse and Hufton + Crow
Sponsored by Forbo flooring systems
Turnmill in London’s Clerkenwell Green Conservation Area was designed to create a beautiful, sustainable, efficient and flexible office space of high quality with active uses at street-level to positively contribute to the streetscape.
To negotiate and embrace the complex relationship between old and new, Turnmill required a very special facade material. Handmade Roman format Petersen Tegl Kolumba brick create a horizontal rhythm across the facade and reflect the characteristics of the area’s sturdy masonry.
On Turnmill Street, the brickwork continues inside through the curved entrance where it gives way to a palette of polished concrete, polished plaster, and brass detailing. A continuous ribbon of external roof terrace provides outdoor amenity space and panoramic views of the City.
Turnmill provides more than 6,500 sq m of high-quality office space and is a tribute to both the historical fabric of Clerkenwell and its present-day incarnation as the centre of London’s creative media industry.
The judges said:
‘Beautiful detail, stunning materials – a space you sense that as you enter you can breathe properly in. Calm, professional, timeless’ ‘The elegant proportions of the facade as a whole and the individual bricks balance the deep and weighty feel of the masonry reveals. The mass is further softened by its curved corners, a theme continued inside the building and on the generous roof terraces’
Finalists & judges' comments
LinkedIn by Denton Associates (London)
‘Bonkers, exuberant, fun and with enough differentiation that there is a space for everyone to identify with'
Kora at Evolution by Hawkins/Brown
‘This fit-out cleverly works with the strong character of the existing building’
Harrods by Make Architects
‘Deals effortlessly with complex incisions into a listed and operational building’ ‘Immaculate detailing and features’
Climate Control by MET Studio
‘Striking use of bold black and white palette, enhanced by use of illuminated headings, playful vinyls and notes’
Cromwell Tower by Quinn Architects
‘Calmness is created from the play of warm grey and timber, contrasting with the rugged exterior’
Middlewood Court by SpaceInvader
‘So interesting and surprising to see that this is a design created for scientists not media’
