The Department Store Studios
by Squire & Partners
Client Squire & Partners
Award 澳门王中王 London Award 2024
The Department Store Studios is a new, four-storey workspace building in Brixton, designed to house growing and startup businesses in flexible, affordable studios with shared social facilities and a café.
The project is a rare example of the architect acting not only as client/developer, but also as the contractor, through a Management Contract. Adjacent to the architects’ headquarters in their award-winning transformation of a former department store built in 1906, it has enabled them to further their commitment to their locality. It sits in a highly urban context, taking design cues from its Edwardian neighbour, but using a contemporary idiom. What stands out is its offer to the community, its generous and well-detailed interiors, and its intelligent response to its parent building that is respectful without feeling subservient or relying on pastiche.
Contractor Squire & Partners
Structural Engineer Elliott Wood
Environmental / M&E Engineer DSA Engineering
Quantity Surveyor / Cost Consultant Core 5
Gross internal area in m² 2349
