Mixed-Use Development in Midtown at Chancery Lane, London Apartments and Offices Building, Images
Mixed-Use Development in Midtown at Chancery Lane
London Homes, Retail and Offices Development, UK ? design by Orms
11 Sep 2017
Mixed-Use Development in Midtown
Architects: Orms
Location: 79-86 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1DD, England
Orms creates new mixed-use destination in Midtown at Chancery Lane

Architecture practice Orms has completed work on the major redevelopment of 79-86 Chancery Lane, comprising 50,000 sq ft of contemporary office space, five one and two-bed apartments and 7,500 sq ft of retail space, including the remodelling of the historic Chichester Rents passage way to create an attractive new arcade.
Developed by Raingate Limited, the five floors of contemporary, BREEAM ?excellent? office space which were prelet to a chamber of barristers and residential units are all carefully crafted behind a restored Victorian façade.The renovations also include the re-design of Chichester Rents which once formed an open alleyway between 83 and 84 Chancery Lane, the two Victorian buildings which sit either side.

In order to reinstate Chichester Rents as an open alleyway from Chancery Lane to Star Yard, existing bridges linking 83 and 84 Chancery Lane have been removed and replaced with a stepped glass and metal infill. Faceted by anodised aluminium panels, the façade of this new build changes in appearance according to the movement of the sun throughout the day due ...