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Central Foundation Boys School in Old Street, London
Islington Education Facility Development – design by HawkinsBrown Architects
11 Sep 2017
Central Foundation Boys School
Design: HawkinsBrown Architects
Location: Old Street, Islington, London, UK
HawkinsBrown?s redesign of the Central Foundation Boys School

Detailed plans for sensitive refurbishment and new buildings approved by Islington Council HawkinsBrown has won planning consent on behalf of Central Foundation Boys? School for the transformation of the school?s collection of buildings in Old Street. When the project completes in 2021/22 the school will occupy 13,000 sq/m of accommodation on the site it has occupied for over 150 years. The project will refurbish historic buildings, some of which are grade II listed, as well as provide new buildings created following the demolition of building considered unsuitable for future use by the school. The school?s historic tabernacle building, from which Tabernacle Street takes its name, will be converted into a creative arts centre, conserving and repairing the fabric of the building in the process.
At the centre of the campus, a three court sports hall will be buried below the central courtyard, with the roof landscaped to provide much needed amenity space for the school. The school will remain operational throughout the building project, with constr...