DETAILS
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Location: Kensington High St,
Kensington, London W8, United
Kingdom
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Area: 323000.0 ft2
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Project Year: 2016
Landscape
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Photographs: Nick Gutteridge,
Intended as a composition of free-
Philip Vile, Sebastian van Damme,
standing buildings in a green setting,
Hufton+Crow
the design of the landscape is of
OMA Partner in Charge: Reinier de
primary importance.
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Graaf
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OMA Project Director: Carol Patterson
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OMA Project Managers: Mario
Rodriguez, Isabel Silva, Fenna
Wagenaar, Mitesh Dixit, Richard
Hollington III, Beth Hughes
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Allies and Morrison Partners: Simon
Fraser, Robert Maxwell
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Allies and Morrison Director: Neil
Shaughnessy
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Allies and Morrison Associate
Directors: Joel Davenport, Heidi Shah
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Allies and Morrison Associates: Sean
Joyce, Johanna Coste-Buscayret
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Allies and Morrison Team: Dinka
Beglerbegovic, Fabiana Paluszny,
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Stuart Thomson
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Structural Engineer Arup Structures
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Services Engineer Arup Services
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Acoustics Arup Acoustic
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Facades Arup Facades / FMDC
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Quantity Surveyor: AECOM
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Landscape Architect: West 8
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Interior Design: CZL
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Lighting Designer: R.A.L.C
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Developer: Chelsfield Developments
(Kensington) Ltd.
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Underneath, there is a continuous
basement, connecting the three
residential buildings and the Design
Museum at a single service level.
Car parking and storage space are
Its romantic character is intended to
provided for the residences with
contrast with the angular geometries
private access to each residential
of the buildings, endowing the
block, alongside service access to the
modern architecture with a deliberate
Design Museum.
ambiguity. Vehicles (as much as
possible) are banned from the site,
This basement also houses a number
leaving the possibility of a landscape
of collective facilities for the residents,
with almost seamless transitions
such as a spa sky-lit swimming pool,
between hard- and soft-scape.
cinema, and gym.