RIBA London region Award shortlist 15.02.24

10 Lewis Cubitt Square, Montacute Yards and The Rowe have been shortlisted for RIBA London Region Awards.

10 Lewis Cubitt Square is a mixed-use building, completing an area of the developing King’s Cross Central neighbourhood and complementing an established public realm. The new building incorporates 195,000 square feet (NIA) of flexible office space over nine floors, and a penthouse mezzanine. To the south, a large flexible retail unit continues the retail journey from Coal Drops Yard and to the north is a flexible cultural space, now home to the immersive art experience ‘Lightroom’ which can become a 600-seat theatre with an auditorium capable of a variety of staging configurations, all within the universal building frame.

Montacute Yards, an innovative collaboration between AHMM and Ben Adams Architects, creates tailored workspace that balances contemporary working styles with a strong sense of community on Shoreditch High Street. A project of urban reconnection that turns a closed ‘back yard’ site into a permeable piece of the city, Montacute Yards explores different construction techniques, from its steel exoskeleton that draws inspiration from the warehouses of Shoreditch and gives depth and legibility of making to the façade, to its smaller CLT buildings to the north.

The Rowe provides 150,000 square feet of office space with retail and public space at ground floor within the retained and extended former Central House building that previously housed the London Metropolitan School of Art, Architecture and Design close to the Whitechapel Gallery in east London. An equal volume is added to the existing six storey building with the tension between to old and new highlighted by a playful piece of public art by Yinka IIori.

Assessment will take place over the next few weeks, with judges visiting each shortlisted project before the announcement of all regional award winners in May.