City of London, UK
Completed in 2025, 7 Princes Street is a 53,000sqft ‘back-to-frame’ refurbishment of, and extension to, a 1970s office building in the City of London opposite the Bank of England and neighbouring The Ned hotel
Project Details
Collective Team
Aukett Swanke have been involved at every stage of this building’s life from its first inception in 1972, to the completion of a refurbishment and extension of it in 1994.
This is now our 3rd cycle working with the building, with a comprehensive refurbishment to revitalise the building to be one of the best reimagined offices in the City.
We were commissioned in 2021 by KanAm and Morgan Capital for the redevelopment of this building which comprises an extensive ‘back-to-frame’ refurb with two new additional floors and a predominantly new envelope to provide improved thermal efficiency and operational carbon while reimagining the building for the next generation of city occupier
First building on this site by Aukett Swanke (then Fitzroy Robinson) in 1972
The second building, itself a refurbishment of our original 1970s building, which was carried out by Aukett Swanke in 1994
The new facade - our third iteration of the building on this site since 1972
The building features biophilic design to every level to improve urban greening. Upper floors benefit from private and communal roof terraces that benefit from stunning views over the Bank of England and Grocer’s Hall.
Almost 90% of the existing concrete structure is retained, with a new low carbon steel extension, achieving a 10% increase in overall net internal area on this constrained and sensitive site.
The project targets BREEAM 'Outstanding' and includes a high thermal-performance façade minimising solar gain and heat loss that is also designed for disassembly and circular economy principles
Reception
The building is naturally light with leading standards for thermal comfort and air quality, with 40% more fresh air than BCO guidelines.
On floor air handling plant provides maximum flexibility and control for tenants and contributes to the building’s target of NABERS 5*.
Visualisation
Visualisation
From first sketch in 2021, planning approval in 2022 and on site in 2023, we have now achieved the building’s completion and launch in 2025.
