{"id":3066,"date":"2025-08-04T10:30:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=3066"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:12:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:12:58","slug":"carmody-groarke-tops-former-warehouse-in-london-with-steel-clad-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/carmody-groarke-tops-former-warehouse-in-london-with-steel-clad-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Carmody Groarke tops former warehouse in London with steel-clad extension"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Local practice Carmody Groarke<\/a> has converted a former textile workshop in London<\/a> into an office<\/a> block, placing a “distinct but unified” extension<\/a> clad in galvanised steel<\/a> atop the existing grey brick<\/a> structure.<\/span><\/p>\n

Originally constructed in the 1970s, the building, named 469 Bethnal Green Road, was slated for demolition until its new owner, the developer Unity Land, chose to retain and expand it.<\/p>\n

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Carmody Groarke has converted a London warehouse into offices<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Carmody Groarke<\/a> doubled the floor area of the existing concrete-framed building through the addition of three new timber-framed storeys, creating a total of 2,200 square metres of flexible office space.<\/p>\n

Taking cues from the grey brickwork exterior of the former workshop, the extension has been clad in panels of hot-dipped galvanised steel, both to reflect the “ad hoc character” of the street and as a nod to the building’s industrial past.<\/p>\n

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The studio added a steel-clad extension to the roof<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Set within the tight urban grain of Bethnal Green Road, the design responds to the street’s ad hoc character with a confident vertical extension that enhances the building’s proportions,” project lead Lukas Barry told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“The addition of three new storeys \u2013 expressed as a materially distinct but unified extension \u2013 rebalances the building’s proportions and civic presence, showcasing how existing structures can be meaningfully and environmentally reinvented.”<\/p>\n

“The materials were chosen for their durability, sustainability, and resonance with the building’s industrial past,” he added.<\/p>\n