Coal Drops Yard, London King?s Cross Buildings, British Commercial Building Redevelopment, Images
Coal Drops Yard in King?s Cross, London
Regeneration Architecture Redevelopment in UK – design by Heatherwick Studio
26 Oct 2018
Coal Drops Yard
Architects: Heatherwick Studio
Coal Drops Yard
Heatherwick Studio’s Coal Drops Yard, a major new shopping district and public space in King?s Cross, London, was unveiled today ahead of its public opening on Friday 26 October 2018.

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Long-time resident of King?s Cross, the studio has reinvented two heritage rail buildings from the 1850s as a new shopping district with close to 60 units, fully opening up the site to the public for the first time.
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The project is the first major building completion in London for Heatherwick Studio and one of several large-scale developments in the capital that the studio is currently working on. These include a new major building for Google in King?s Cross that is currently under construction and the transformation of Olympia London.

photos © Hufton+Crow
In 2014, the studio was commissioned by King?s Cross Central Limited Partnership to radically rethink the site. The pair of elongated Victorian coal drops was built to receive coal from Northern England for distribution around London by barge and cart. But over the years the ornate cast-iron and brick structures had become partially derelict, serving light industry, warehousing, and nig...