King?s Cross Sports Hall in London
King?s Cross Sports Hall London Building, British Commercial Interior, Health Club Images
King?s Cross Sports Hall, London
10 Aug 2020
King?s Cross Sports Hall
Architects: Bennetts Associates
Location: London, England, UK
Construction completes on King?s Cross Sports Hall
? Latest building to complete at King?s Cross is a community sports centre
? Building designed to have multiple lives and boasts impressive sustainability credentials
? Innovative timber-framed design responds to its sensitive location
photo © John Sturrock
Construction of the brand-new King?s Cross Sports Hall, a community sports centre and gym, located at the north east edge of the 67-acre King?s Cross development, has now completed. The building, designed by Bennetts Associates alongside engineering company Arup, features an indoor sports hall and a health and fitness suite over two levels. The sports hall has been built to Sport England standards and can be used as four badminton courts, a basketball court, a volleyball court or a five-a-side football pitch. The building will be operated by Camden Council with the gym being managed by Better Gyms.
image © Nicholas Dodd
The building?s position, just three metres above the underground tunnels of the Thameslink railway line, created a unique design challenge meaning the building needed to be designed using lightweight materials and with shallow foundations. The Sports Hall, built by BAM, is primarily constructed using a cross laminated timber (CL...
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