1 Lyric Square, London Workspace, Commercial Building Renovation Development, Images
1 Lyric Square in London
Commercial Workspace Project, UK – design by Stiff + Trevillion
11 Oct 2019
1 Lyric Square
Architects: Stiff + Trevillion
Location: London, England

1 Lyric Square is a fourteen-storey 1970?s office building designed by Richard Seifert as part of the King Street development. The building has been subject to piecemeal fit-outs and alterations but was otherwise as originally conceived. The narrow plan, low floor to ceiling heights, inefficient cores, failing M+E systems and poorly insulated facades all posed challenges. However, the building also presented opportunities to celebrate the original architectural character and improve under-developed areas that could be re-purposed for commercial benefit.
Stiff+Trevillion were commissioned to re-imagine 1 Lyric Square and provide new Grade A workspace. Embracing the unique character and constraints of the original structure the design aimed to reposition the building for a newly emerging tenant profile.

Fundamentally changing the MEP strategy to floor by floor plant rooms in combination with new windows and facade systems, allowed the design team to convert previously under-utilised plant spaces at level 1 and 13 into high quality office accommodation. Reconfiguring the services within the existing office spaces removed the necessity for ceiling distribution, maximising the constrained floor to ceiling heights a...