One New Change London’s ‘Best Built Project’
January 17th, 2012
One New Change was announced ‘Best Built Project’ at last night’s London Planning Awards held at City Hall and attended by senior representatives from the boroughs, City Hall, developers, planners and community groups.
The London Planning Awards, now in their ninth year, are organised in partnership with the Mayor of London, London First, the Royal Town Planning Institute and London Councils. Their objectives are to recognise excellence and showcase examples that are leading the urban renaissance in London, to raise expectations and standards and promoted awareness of good practice and to improve the profile of planning and the morale of those involved.
The ‘Best Built Project’ celebrates the best completed development which has maximised the potential of the site, addressed climate change, delivered benefits for the wider public, achieved high quality design and enhanced the public realm. The Sammy Ofer Wing at the National Maritime Museum also received a commendation in this category.
Sidell Gibson has been highly commended for its refurbishment of 1 Bartholomew Lane in the City Heritage Award 2011, sponsored by The City Heritage Society and The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers.
Prominently located opposite the Bank of England in the heart of the City of London, this complex £32.5m refurbishment project provides 7,381 sq m of high-specification, open and flexible, contemporary, Grade A office space across 12 storeys, three of which have terraces. The building was refurbished to high energy-efficiency standards and achieved a BREEAM rating of Very Good.
The project was particularly commended for the sensitive retention of the six-storey façade of the 1930s bank building and the successful reworking of the building’s upper levels. Desmond Fitzpatrick, Chairman of the Panel of Assessors of the City Heritage Award 2011 said, “It is a matter for great satisfaction that this building continues to make an important contribution to the heart of the City, particularly to the setting of the Bank of England.”
The City Heritage Award is presented each year for what is considered to be the best refurbishment project in the City of London. The City Heritage Society was founded in 1973 to help preserve buildings in the City which, because of their architectural merit or historic interest, demand to be retained for future generations. The Society also ensures that new buildings are of high quality and harmonise with their neighbours and generally encourages high standards of quality in the built environment.
Partner in Charge, Richard Morton, said, “We are delighted to receive this recognition from the City of London for our work on this fine building by Mewes and Davis, designers of the Ritz. After a great team effort our client now has a building which will perform effectively for many years to come.”
City welcomes Gavin Turk’s ‘Nail’ – One New Change, the stage for Turk’s first permanent public sculpture
May 12th, 2011
One New Change, in the heart of the City of London, has unveiled the first ever permanent public sculpture by one of Britain’s most celebrated, award-winning sculptors, Gavin Turk.
Turk was commissioned by developer, Land Securities, to create a striking new art installation which has been set into the pavement at the main entrance to the One New Change retail and office development which opened in October last year.
Resting at a slight 5° angle, the 12-metre high, cast bronze sculpture of a nail will sit dwarfed between the gleam of 21st century glass of One New Change and the historic, symbolic St Paul’s Cathedral. ‘Nail’ represents Turk’s interpretation of the dialogue between these two monumental powerhouses with 300 years between them and the extraordinary changes wrought by human culture in the intervening centuries.
Turk’s focus on the transformative power of art and architecture echoes Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel’s vision for One New Change, delivered by Sidell Gibson Architects.