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Friars Bridge Court in London
Blackfriars Road Office Building Development in England – design by PLP Architecture
30 Jan 2017
Friars Bridge Court
Design: PLP Architecture
Location: Blackfriars Road, South London, UK
PLP Architecture unveils design for Friars Bridge Court

PLP Architecture was commissioned to design an office building within the emerging Blackfriars? Southbank cluster. The proximity to the City of London and an influx of telecoms, media and tech companies has resulted in a recent wave of high-rise commercial and residential developments, resulting in a profound change of the character of this area.

Blackfriars road was laid out in the 1760s as a grand avenue leading to Blackfriars Bridge. Although the nature of the boulevard has continually evolved, behind it are some of the best preserved Georgian enclaves in London.
Our proposal speculates on the nature of the contemporary office tower. What is the architectural expression of today?s high-density workplace" How does the building acquire an identity specific to its media/tech occupiers and how is that identity conveyed to the city"
Simultaneously how does the building respond to and stitch together its disparate urban contexts: the metropolitan scale of Blackfriars Road and finely-grained historical fabric just beyond"
The building is conceived with a side core that permits large, unobstructed...