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Cannon Green London
Commercial Project in East London, England, for Ocubis ? design by John Robertson Architects (JRA)
6 Sep 2019
Cannon Green London Building
Design: John Robertson Architects (JRA)
Contemporary workplace environment in UK capital city
Location: London, England, UK

Photos by Peter Cook
John Robertson Architects unveil workplace design near Cannon Street station, London
John Robertson Architects (JRA) has revitalised an existing office building in the City of London with a prominent new entrance hall and retail podium.

Briefed by client Ocubis with creating ?Clerkenwell meets the City?, Cannon Green provides a contemporary workplace environment complete with hot-desking and co-working spaces, as well as bike storage, showers and a cycle workshop.
The site comprised two orthogonal office towers ? constructed in 1966 and refurbished in 1981 ? separated at ground level.

A double-height entrance podium now unifies the two buildings, with the introduction of an interconnected office reception and retail space at ground floor.

Positioned at an angle to the existing building to maximise the use of available space on site, the scale of the new podium has been carefully designed to respond to the surrounding streets, ensuring a sensitive and comparable scale to nearby Cannon Place while creating a striking new entrance.

A striking element of the podium design is the new fea...