98-100 De Beauvoir Road continues the practice’s work in the adaptive reuse of existing buildings, likening the historic or age-value qualities of pre-existing structures to “objets trouvés” by balancing the need to conserve, express, reinvent or revive what is already there.
Project name
98-100 De Beauvoir Road
Architecture firm
Henley Halebrown
Location
Hackney, London, UK
Photography
David Grandorge, Nick Kane
Principal architect
Francesca Bailey, Neil Rogers
Design team
Gavin Hale-Brown, Simon Henley, Elina Dueker
Collaborators
Quantity Surveyor Castle-Davis (98 De Beauvoir Road), Richard Collis (100 De Beauvoir Road); Services Engineer: AJ Energy; Principal Designer: Quoin; Planning Consultant: CMA Planning; Approved Inspector: Building Control Approval Ltd; Party Wall Surveyor Hamiltons Chartered Surveyors; Suppliers & Sub-Contractors: Precast Concrete Stair & Columns: Amber Precast Group; Steelwork: Fleming Fabrications; Balustrades: Total Metals Works; External Timber Doors & Windows: JCK Joinery; External Metal Glazing: REA Metal Windows Ltd; EPDM Covering: AAC Waterproofing Ltd
Built area
Total NIA 1939 m²; Total GIA 2487 m²
Interior design
(office fit out) Sella Concept (100 De Beauvoir Road)
Civil engineer
Parmarbrook Limited
Structural engineer
Parmarbrook Limited
Construction
Sullivan Brothers Construction
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
The Poppy Factory is located in Richmond alongside the River Thames in South West London. It is a charity founded between the World Wars focused on identifying employment for veterans and raising funds for families affected by war. Its premises in Richmond have evolved over the years and occupy a group of buildings including a 1930s Art Deco 3-stor...
Architecture firm
Henley Halebrown
Location
Richmond, London, UK
Principal architect
Elina Dueker
Design team
Gavin Hale-Brown, Simon Henley, Harry Insall-Reid, Michael Mee, Jennifer Pirie, Ami Skimming
Collaborators
Access consultant: David Bonnett Associate; Project management: RealPM Building control: Socotec Planning consultant: Gerald Eve Cost consultant: Alinea Exhibition design: Samantha Heywood with Amanda Shephard Exhibition design management: Alex Dunkley, Gardiner & Theobald Contract administration: Henley Halebrown
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Client
The Poppy Factory with Stanhope as Client strategic advisor
Typology
Industrial Architecture, Factory
