Pentonville green
One of the earliest office blocks built on Pentonville Road, this anonymous and foreboding 1980s block has been reworked into contemporary, calming co-working.
📍Location
🏢Building Details
Refurbishment + extension of 1980s building: adding 30% more space
70,000 sq ft, 8-storeys
Completed 2019
👷🏾♀️Developer & Contractor
Charlie Green – Co-Founder @ The Office Group
Enrico Sanna – CEO @ The Office Group
Jason Warren – Managing Director @ Collins Construction Ltd
✍️Architects & Engineers
Julian de Metz – Director @ dMFK
Thomas Smith – Associate @ dMFK
Joshua Scott – Director @ dMFK
Steve Webb – Director @ Webb Yates Engineers
Nigel Bowater – Director @ EEP - Environmental Engineering Partnership
John Barnes – Director @ eb7
🌱Sustainability
BREEAM Excellent + EPC A
Building extended at roof level with cross laminated timber structure – clad in zig zag perforated aluminium screen, blending softly with sky
Entrance lightwell + generous windows installed on ground and lower floors to maximise daylighting
Rainwater harvest system with sustainable drainage techniques + green roof with PV panels
Floors made from recycled tyres + laminated timbers
🥦 Wellbeing
Uncluttered co working spaces: no exposed services (these are carefully limited to circulation areas)
Earthy, calming material palette – timber and stone prominent throughout – with warm sapele finishes
Soft-landscaped borders + pocket parks surround new pedestrian access routes
Rich amenity: café, state-of-the-art gym, cycle store, terraces, library, intimate cinema space
7th floor roof garden
🎈Bonus feature
Geoffrey Clarke was a pioneer post-war sculptor & stained glass maker –nicknamed one of "the geometry of fear sculptors". The building has restored and reinstalled his 1983 Toriigenus – a 7.5m distinct aluminium sculpture fastened to its façade.
🔗 Check it out https://dmfk.co.uk/projects/york-house/
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