Alison Brooks Architects unveils brick archways on London apartments
Red brick archways define the lower and topmost levels of Cadence, a housing development designed by Alison Brooks Architects next to Coal Drops Yard at King's Cross, London.
A total of 103 homes will be built behind the brick facades.
Dramatic brick archways will form a colonnade along the ground floor, reflected back in a water feature in a central courtyard. White-washed vaulted communal spaces will feature at the entrance.
Arches will also feature at the top of a multi-storey block of apartments that will have a row of recessed balconies.
"We've created a new language of brick arches and vaulted spaces that echo the exuberant architecture of King's Cross and St Pancras stations," said architect Alison Brooks, founder of Alison Brooks Architects. "It will reveal itself slowly as you move around and through it."
Designed for developer Argent, the 103 homes will be a combination of studios, and one, two and three bedroom apartments.
Conran and Partners, the architecture firm that recently converted Centre Point tower into housing, will be designing the interiors for 53 of the Cadence homes.
Small homes developer Pocket Living will be managing the other 60 units in the development, renting them out to local workers on middle incomes.
Pocket Living collaborated with architecture studio Metropolitan Workshop to build a 27-storey tower of 86 apartments in Wandsworth.
Cadence, which is due to complete in 2022, will be located in London King's Cross a...
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