The Zig Zag Building replaces a 1950s office block on Victoria Street in central London, close to The Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace, with exemplary new office space. Colonnades at various scales indicate and define the entrances to the various different types of accommodation housed within the broader scope of our project e.g. offices, housing, restaurants, shops, bars, etc. Situated between a cathedral and a town hall, the design seeks to mediate between these two in terms of size and scale and to establish a credible and pleasurable urban spatial order connecting together the grain of this part of Westminster.

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Architects: Lynch Architects
Location: 70 Victoria St, Westminster, London SW1E 6SQ, UK

Design Team: Patrick Lynch, Claudia Lynch

Area: 3500.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Hufton and Crow, David Grandorge, Tim Soar, Sue Barr, Rory Allen, Tom Lee , Tom Roreby, Nikita Shergil

Structural Engineers: Pell Frischman

Service Engineers: Grontmij

Landscape Architects: Vogt

Artist: Timorous Beasties

Client: Land Securities

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From the architect. The Zig Zag Building replaces a 1950s office block on Victoria Street in central London, close to The Houses of Parliament and Buckingham P...