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The transformation of Leroy House is now complete, delivering an additional 1,888 sqm of flexible office, workshop and studio space for Workspace Group. The revitalised building also features a new ground floor café and expanded public realm, enhancing its connection to the surrounding community. Our design draws inspiration from the architectural language of the Grade II listed St Paul’s opposite and the character of the Canonbury Conservation Area. The building’s form responds thoughtfully to its residential context, with carefully articulated massing and a façade of light, warm brick that echoes the tones of St Paul’s white Gault brick. The new café and improved public realm have transformed what was once a car park into a welcoming, active frontage along Essex Road, further embedding Leroy House within its neighbourhood. We’re proud to see this project now complete, providing adaptable spaces that cater to a variety of tenants, especially small businesses, while enriching the local streetscape. Thanks to everyone who worked on the project! Heyne Tillett Steel Hoare Lea Stace Lichfields UK WSP GL Hearn Etude Caneparo Associates Greengage Environmental Ltd Pete Jennings Tom Glen

A stunning perspective from One Millennium Bridge, capturing its unique setting between the River Thames and St Paul’s. This project is a careful response to its historical and architectural context, balancing dockside heritage, English Baroque influences, and the constraints of the St. Paul’s Heights Grid. Sustainability is at the heart of the design, with 70% of the existing structural frame retained to significantly reduce embodied carbon. The scheme also delivers a publicly accessible rooftop terrace, offering panoramic views across the city. Excited to see this workspace come to life! Beltane Asset Management Buro Four Baily Garner LLP Donald Insall Associates Gerald Eve Heyne Tillett Steel NDY #OneMillenniumBridge #SustainableDesign #AdaptiveReuse #WorkplaceDesign #CityOfLondon

We’re thrilled that our Boston Consulting Group (BCG) London project has been shortlisted for the British Council for Offices London Regional Awards, a great moment to reflect on what made this workplace special. BCG operates at the forefront of solving complex societal and business challenges, and their London HQ was designed to reflect this forward-thinking ethos. Our goal was to create a space that provides a strong sense of place while remaining adaptable to future change. At the heart of the design was one key question: Where do people do their best work? Through this inquiry, we identified four core themes: Variety, Comfort, Flexibility & Community - all essential to creating a space that truly supports BCG’s innovative working practices. The success of the project is reflected in the 2022 Leesman workplace survey, where the London HQ rated higher than any other UK workplace that year, achieving an overall score of 79.3. The results speak to the impact of the space: 89.7% of employees felt it contributed to a strong sense of community, 93.5% agreed it was an enjoyable place to work, and 92.2% said it was a workplace they were proud to bring visitors to. Designed with a long-term view, the 160,000 sq ft workspace is not only adaptable but also sustainable, achieving BREEAM Excellent and LEED Gold certification. We’re proud of this recognition and grateful to our collaborators who helped bring this vision to life. Gardiner & Theobald LLP Overbury Waterman Group Troup Bywaters + Anders Core Five PTS Barton Willmore, now Stantec Photography: Alexander Jackson; Charles Hosea Looking forward to the awards! #BCOLondon #WorkplaceDesign #FutureOfWork #BCG #PiercyAndCompany

Xylo London is set to be the largest all-timber-framed, net-zero carbon office building in the UK, offering 97,000 sq ft of light-filled, healthy workspace in the heart of Clerkenwell. With nine floors, including five outdoor terraces, it is designed to foster well-being and productivity while setting a new benchmark for sustainable workplace design. To bring this vision to life, we developed a meticulously crafted architectural model, exploring potential layouts and interior fit-outs to ensure both functionality and aesthetic appeal. The model’s two fronts open like a doll’s house, revealing hundreds of intricately designed interior elements. Additionally, the middle four floors are interchangeable, demonstrating the flexibility of CLT construction and allowing for tailored configurations to meet tenant needs. For more information, visit www.xylo.london  Model Designed by Piercy&Company Anam A Hasan Photography: Alexander Jackson  A development by Global Holdings Management Group Professional team: Heyne Tillett Steel Max Fordham LLP Hybrid Structures Piercy&Company Andrew Ross Richard Cotton Juliet Walmsley April Taylor Jason Coe Harry Bucknall Andy Heyne Edmund Chan Chris (Mr Spot) Price       #timberstructures #innovativearchitecture #sustainabledesign #netzerocarbon #masstimber #SustainableWorkplaces

We recently visited the Simplicity Specialist Finishes workshop in Kent to explore the manufacturing process and finalise the finishes for the glass-reinforced concrete panels that will clad the façade of our Great Sutton Street project. During our visit, the team also investigated innovative techniques for crafting elegant cornicing that seamlessly integrates ventilation, ensuring both aesthetic refinement and functionality. Nuveen, a TIAA company Simplicity Specialist Finishes 📸: Alexander Jackson

We’re excited to be working on Xylo, the UK’s largest full-timber-frame office building. A landmark in sustainable workplace design, and we can’t wait to share more as the project progresses. Great to be collaborating with an incredible team on this project. Designed by Piercy&Company KONTOR: Stephen Peers Sammy Kingston Knight Frank: Philip Hobley Nick Codling Toby Pritchard-Davies Serena Harwood A development by Global Holdings Management Group UK Heyne Tillett Steel Max Fordham LLP Hybrid Structures Avison Young │ UK Gerald Eve The Townscape Consultancy Norman Rourke Pryme | Certified B Corp™️ Andrew Ross Richard Cotton Juliet Walmsley April Taylor Jason Coe Harry Bucknall Andy Heyne Edmund Chan Chris Price

Thanks to Derwent London for the opportunity to reflect on the design thinking and inspiration behind Network in this specially commissioned film, Finding Form. Network has been a fantastic project to work on and we are thrilled to see part of its story revealed here on the eve of the topping out ceremony. Thanks is also due to the many skilled hands who helped get Network to this milestone: Blackburn & Co. Ltd - DP9 Limited - Point2 Technology - Donald Insall Associates - TFT - Elliott Wood - NDY - Caneparo Associates - LDA Design - Materials Assemble - DECOMO - Keltbray - Bourne Steel - Creagh Concrete - ESG - Stone & Ceramic Ltd - TeamWork Italy - Atlantic - AW Jeffreys - Pritchard Themis - Sweco - Bailey Gardner - FFLO #NetworkW1 #architectureonfilm #timelessdesign #supermodels Film by Climber Agency 👇

1 Triton Square sets a new design agenda for the Life Sciences, both in London and globally. Situated in the Knowledge Quarter, the building - originally designed and recently reworked by Arup - will provide a hub for the burgeoning life sciences community in London. Along with our visionary client, we developed a design approach that redefines what life science interiors could look like, focusing on the strengths of a sector that thrives on the pursuit of ideas, rigorous research and experiment and, importantly, cross-pollination. Housing this within a humanising, warm and inspiring environment has been an exciting design journey for our team. It has been a pleasure to be part of this ambitious project working with British Land and Royal London Asset Management as well as Arup and Overbury. We are very much looking forward to celebrating the project completing in 2025. #labsinthecity #designforlifesciences #knowledgequarter #Londonarchitecture

Flemish architect Jan de Vylder from Ghent-based practice AJDVIV offered a fascinating insight into 'revealing' as an architectural approach this week as part of the Architecture On Stage series at the Barbican Centre by The Architecture Foundation. The presentation - unfortunately missing the practice's co-founder Inge Vinck on this occasion - invited the audience to consider processes of reuse as integral to any and all projects. Jan proposed radical forms of inhabitation that position scarcity of means as an opportunity, rather than a hindrance. While this approach advocates for a reduction in building, AJDVIV showed the power and the value in focusing on the production of space. The overarching message that a lot can be done with very little was uplifting, and resonated with much of our own work in the studio where deep retrofit, refurbishment and adaptive reuse are a part of our DNA. It got us thinking about some of our projects that sing from the same songbook, among them in-progress One Millennium Bridge and The Bindery (more details on our website, see link in bio). #ArchitectureOnStage #AdaptiveReuse #InspiringDesign

Thrilled that Exchange House has been shortlisted in the Architects’ Journal Retrofit & Reuse Awards! We are incredibly proud of this project - it is a story of reinvention and a showcase of how collaborations with different creative practitioners and artists can reframe and reinvigorate materials and spaces. Something we celebrated in a walk-and-talk there during London Festival of Architecture. Read more about it here: www.piercyandco.com Thanks to our client British Land and GIC for supporting this approach and being critical to its delivery. To our own amazing team led by Hannah Wilson, artists Kangan Arora and Nadine Bell, as well as some of our brilliant collaborators including BENCHMARK, Dodds & Shute, Five at Heart, StudioSmall, Gardiner & Theobald LLP among others. #adaptivereuse #BroadgateCampus #retrofit #AJawards