New Scotland Yard
NEW SCOTLAND YARD
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
ARCHITECTS
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
ARCHITECT
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
MANUFACTURERS
Aluprof, Domus Tiles, Jordan’s Whitbed by Szerelmy, Windell
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Arup
PROJECT MANAGER
Arcadis
CIVIL ENGINEER
Arup
PLANNING CONSULTANT
DP9
LEAD CONSULTANT
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
MAIN CONTRACTOR
BAM
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Gillespies
ARCHITECT / LEAD CONSULTANT
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
PRINCIPAL DESIGNER
BAM
SPACE PLANNING
Haverstock
STRUCTURAL/CIVIL ENGINEER
Arup
COST CONSULTANT
Arcadis
MEP ENGINEER
Arup BAMSE
PHOTOGRAPHS
Timothy Soar , Robert Parrish, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Paul Monaghan
AREA
1200 m²
YEAR
2016
LOCATION
Greater London, United Kingdom
CATEGORY
Government, Extension
Text description provided by architect.
AHMM’s design for New Scotland Yard is a radical remodelling and extension of the Curtis Green Building, a 1930s building on the Thames Embankment, which was an earlier home of the MPS.
The core objectives of the brief were to create modern, flexible and efficient office environments, extend available floor space and facilitate agile working with more interaction between staff.
The design has transformed the building with the addition of an elegant curved glass entrance pavilion and rooftop pavilions and a reworking of the existing accommodation.
The scheme has expanded the building’s floor area from 8,691sqm to around 12,000sqm through extensions to the rear, roof and front concourse.
The contemporary design of these complements and enhances the architectural features of the original building and the materials, colours and proportions of neighbouring Whitehall buildings.
Inside the building, AHMM has created a flexible office environment to facilitate collaboration and interaction.
The rooftop extension provides multi-use conference space and terraces, and is illuminated to give presence at night, symbolising the 24/7 nature of the building along with its civic purpose.
A brick ‘carpet’ in the landscape outside the entrance references the distinctive striped brickwork of the neighbouring Norman Shaw North building, while the Eternal Flame has been set within a contemplation pool south of the entrance pavilion.
