Major Development by Renzo Piano in central London, England, UK
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Location: Central St Giles, Oxford Street, north central London
2008-09
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Fletcher Priest Architects
Topped Out 28 Jul 2009
Progress photos of this vividly colourful building on 27+ 28 Jun 2009:
photos © Nick Weall
Designed by world-famous architect Renzo Piano, Central St Giles has 20 facades in a range of bright colours and set at slightly different angles
Central Saint Giles development - Summary:
46,000sqm in 3 buildings, 12 storeys
mixed-use development - office blocks, 109 apartments, public piazza
For Legal & General + Mitsubishi Estate Company
To replace former MoD building
Location : Princes Circus / Saint Giles High Street
photos © Nick Weall
Mixed use development elements in more detail:
375,000 sqft office space
56 private apartments
53 affordable homes
retail + restaurant units
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London Architecture Photographs by Nick Weall, 27 Jun 2009
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
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Central Saint Giles - Design Team:
Architects : Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Executive Architect : Fletcher Priest
Residential Architect : PRP
Structural + Mechanical & Electrical Engineers : Arup
Cost Consultant : Davis Langdon
Planning Supervisor : Bovis Lend Lease
Planning Consultant : Moseley & Webb
photographs © Nick Weall
Central Saint Giles - Project Team:
Investor/Developer : Legal & General Investment Management
Development Manager : Stanhope
Construction Managers : Bovis Lend Lease
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Central St Giles London - page: adrian welch / isabelle lomholt
Website : www.buildingcentralsaintgiles.com + www.centralsaintgiles.com
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Pompidou Centre
Music Auditoria Rome
Nemo Amsterdam
New York Times HQ
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