Brewery Square


ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN - WINNER AWARDS 11
	BREWERY SQUARE, CLERKENWELL, LONDON Architect: Hamilton Associates Architects Copper Contractor: Brodericks/CGL Systems Main Contractor: Berkeley Homes (North East London)

		Brewery Square is a development on the site of the old Allied Brewery and consists of four residential blocks, each sitting over ground floor retail units. The five storey block facing onto St John Street is clad with pre-patinated rainscreen panels, all based on a 600mm module and full storey-height. The copper cladding is punctuated at irregular intervals by full-height windows and fully glazed bloxes cantilever out from the building over the street below.

The architect judges chose this project for its dramatic massing combined with a rigorous elevational treatment. The architects have been successful in their aims of creating a new landmark for Clerkenwell and of generating the impression of a copper-clad industrial building with glass boxes driving through from within. The building is thoroughly modern but respects its context, particularly the adjacent 'listed' brick Brewery building.

Elevation of St John Street

Craig Casci, Hamilton Associates Architects Ltd, designers of the winning project, said "What we wanted from the copper was the fact that it ages. Natural materials change and, if detailed properly, get better for it. We chose a material and detail to reflect the irregularity of the architecture. The building has been finished for 9 months now and has aged very well, but gets better and better. We are very happy with it and are looking forward to the next copper project in Wandsworth which we hope to enter in a future competition."

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