Pink-enveloped green
Part of Argent’s King’s Cross regeneration, R7 stands out in its distinct shade of satin pink. Barriers between the workplace and public realm are deconstructed.
📍Location
🏢Building Details
250,000 sq. ft., 11-storeys, mixed-use
Completed 2017
Winner of Camden Design Awards 2022 – Major Projects Category
👷🏾♀️Developer & Contractor
Nick Searl – Joint Managing Partner of Argent LLP
Sam Williams – Development Manager @ Argent LLP
Colin Lovatt – Major Projects @ Kier Construction
✍️Architects & Engineers
Joe Morris – Founding Director @ Morris+Company
Ah-Ra Kim – Former Associate @ Morris+Company
Stuart Curran – Principal Director @ Weedon Architects
Shankar Kothapuram – Associate @ Tom Stuart-Smith Ltd
Naveen Sandhu – Specification Manager @ AkzoNobel
🌱Sustainability
BREEAM Outstanding + EPC B
Passive design measures: high levels of insulation + air tightness in external envelope; high levels of thermal mass through exposed concrete reduces mechanical cooling load
Optimal proportion of glazing + solid panels within façade to minimise heat gains – with high level of solar gain control through projecting façade fins
Floorplate adaptability: “soft spots” made of plywood + aluminium panels can be removed and reinstated as per tenant requirement
Multi-Service Chilled Beam technology = most energy efficient HVAC solution with long life expectancy + minimal maintenance
🥦 Wellbeing
Impressive 7m high public atrium = barriers between workplace + public realm dissolved; access uniquely democratic being only building in the area where everyone comes through the same entrance
Home to an Everyman Cinema, Happy Face Pizza + basement Supermax cocktail bar = work social sorted
Roof terraces + access to external space from every floor
Spin-fitness studio + basement ‘cycle spa’ with 260 bike spaces, changing rooms, showers
🎈Bonus feature
The striking atrium features ‘Zanzibar’ by Céline Condorelli – a sculpture functioning as indoor/outdoor public furniture. It combines multi-layered shapes with large planters hosting lush vegetation. A modern, tropical setting for many a social gathering.
🔗 Check it out https://morrisand.company/work/r7
