Buckley Building, Clerkenwell

The £15 million refurbishment of Derwent London’s Buckley Building is complete. The building offers over 87,000 sq ft of high quality office accommodation with ground level retail in Clerkenwell, the heartland of many of London’s creative industries.

BGY have completely reworked the six-storey 1930s industrial building, adding full-height glazing at ground level and creating a new entrance facing onto the public space of Clerkenwell Green, maximising the civic presence of the building, which occupies a prominent island site.

Exciting interior spaces have been created including site-specific artworks and bespoke furniture.To animate the lobby space, director Matt Yeoman created F=MA, a large-scale kinetic artwork named after Sir Isaac Newton’s famous second law of motion. With the same drive mechanisms used in the wings of the Airbus A380, the entire assembly is put into motion, playfully emulating the familiar swinging of a Newton’s Cradle.

The opening is an especially important moment for the practice as Derwent London named the building after Richard Buckley, one of their late founding partners who died in 2008.

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Buckley Building photos by Hufton & Crow

25 Soho Square | H2SO

Property Consultant H2SO have featured the completed refurbishment of 25 Soho Square for Aviva Investors in their latest quarterly magazine, 020. Its a great piece which includes an interview with Matt Yeoman and Paul White of Buckley Gray Yeoman, who also discuss the practice’s other key projects. H2SO are letting the building with Jones Lang Lasalle.

The Rosebery

BuckleyGrayYeoman have completed an £8 million revamp of a former industrial building in Clerkenwell, transforming it into The Rosebery, a serviced apartment hotel for long stay guests.  The hotel has 58 serviced apartments, as well as a wine bar and furniture showroom on the ground floor. A rooftop extension has added two new floors to the existing four-storey building. BuckleyGrayYeoman worked with designer Susan Walters on the interiors, using British tweed textiles and furniture.

The aim was to form a dialogue between old and new, creating architectural additions that enhanced the character of the existing building. The result is a confident piece of contemporary design that sensitivity reinterprets the building, creating a new destination for leisure and shopping. BuckleyGrayYeoman drew upon their considerable experience in designing apart’hotels and other hospitality projects but were also influenced by their work in the high-end residential sector, creating first class accommodation for business travelers.

Photos by Hufton & Crow

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Go Retro | 25 Soho Square

Our refurbishment of 25 Soho Square has been featured in this month’s green issue of OnOffice magazine. BGY have converted the former FA Headquarters into an energy efficient work space, receiving a BREEAM Excellent rating, a significant achievement for the refurbishment of a building of this age.

Long Street

BGY have won planning approval for a 2 acre Hackney masterplan, a high quality mixed-use development comprising residential and student accommodation. The scheme sensitively refurbishes and extends buildings and creates two new buildings, including a 10 storey new residential building overall creating 115 units and a 4-8 storey student accommodation block providing 250 units. The scheme establishes a more prominent public realm at street level and creates amenity space.

Commodity Quay, St Katharine Docks

Fantastic progress photos of Commodity Quay at St Katharine Docks, taken a few weeks ago. BuckleyGrayYeoman has been appointed to work on the major upgrade and enhancement of central London’s only marina. When finished the building will provide 130,000 sq ft of prime office space in a stunning marina setting.

Abbey Park

Our Abbey Park masterplan is featured in this week’s Building Design magazine. Outline planning consent was granted in November 2012, to redesign the masterplan for the existing Abbey Park business park in Warwickshire. The proposed siting of the 5no. new buildings, totaling 14,000sqm, are sensitive to the Grade II listed landscape, existing mature trees and historic routes through the site. The development aims to have exceptional sustainability credentials to complement the unique parkland landscape.

Nando’s Dundee

BuckleyGrayYeoman have restored period features and made bold additions to create a colourful, contemporary space in this Grade II listed Victorian building and adjoining 1920s warehouse. A capacious double height area has been created with an exposed timber roof and structural steelwork emphasising the spatial qualities and industrial character of the building. These newly restored details have been given a playful overhaul, taking centre-stage in an interior design that expresses the vibrancy of the Nando’s brand through an eclectic palette of materials and colour. A 40ft shipping container houses the kitchen at the heart of the restaurant, referencing the roots of the Nando’s brand in South Africa, where shipping containers are commonly used as spaces for restaurants and shops. A five metre-high graffiti mural, fills the rear wall and a delicate pendant light sculpture creates a play of colour above diners’ heads.

Changing Perceptions

The NLA are hosting an exhibition of BuckleyGrayYeoman’s work to celebrate their 15th year in practice. ‘Changing Perceptions’ will showcase projects from their new book ‘Continued’. The exhibition runs until 29th November at NLA, The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London WC1 Click here for more information.

Photos by Rick Roxburgh www.rickroxburgh.com

BuckleyGrayYeoman’s 15th Birthday Party

BuckleyGrayYeoman celebrated their 15th birthday in style at Shoreditch House on 9th October. A big thank you to all our guests for joining us to mark this special occasion.

Photos taken by Rick Roxburgh.