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Angel Court, City of London Tower
Unobtrusive Building Development in UK Capital ? design by Fletcher Priest Architects
27 May 2017
Angel Court, City of London Tower
Design: Fletcher Priest Architects
Location: London, UK
How to build an ‘unobtrusive’ tower in the city of London, covered in gardens
Angel Court, City of London Tower
For: Mitsui Fudosan / Stanhope

Replacing all but the core of a 25 storey 1970s tower in the Bank of England Conservation Area created the opportunity to increase and improve the neighbourhood?s public urban space as well as providing over 60% additional high quality office space within a prominent building.
Fletcher Priest sought to stress the contrast between the area?s solid stone character, physically and symbolically reflecting the presence of the Bank of England, with a translucent and ethereal tower.

Adding 30 per cent to the public realm turns Angel Court into an attractive pedestrian street lined with shops and restaurants which catch midday sun, rather than a dark alleyway reached through a hole in the wall.

The buildings around it replace the tower?s podium with grey limestone, stressing permanence and so evoking Threadneedle Street?s Old Lady herself.

Above it hovers the tower. Its skin flows as a continuously curved surface across its entire volume; during day time it is entirely translucent and appears to draw clouds and sky...