2–12 Symons Street.

Behind a largely retained façade we inserted a new concrete frame to unify various buildings which had evolved in a piecemeal fashion. At roof level new structures adapt to a complicated series of different forms and volumes.

Meanwhile the District line tunnels beneath one corner of the site at 45 degrees to the prevailing orthogonal geometry. This provided both a challenge and an opportunity; devising a steel structure isolated on acoustic bearings and bridge over the track and tie it into a different geometry was a challenge, but it also meant that one corner of the site could have a new façade, an opportunity to design modern shop window fronts.