R7 King?s Cross London Workplace Building, New British Architecture
R7 King?s Cross
Workplace Building Development in UK – design by Duggan Morris Architects
26 Jul 2018
R7 King?s Cross Shortlisted for RIBA Client of the Year 2018
Architects: Duggan Morris Architects with Weedon Architects
R7 King?s Cross Shortlisted for RIBA Client of the Year 2018
Jury Report
Sitting as the colourful backdrop to the Granary Building in the King?s Cross regeneration programme is R7 – the next generation of workplace.

photo © Jack Hobhouse
Its striking and somewhat eccentric presence on a quiet street is by virtue of its colour and stepped form. The form has been established by working within the prescriptive parameters of the outline approval and in doing so, the architect has successfully maximised the opportunity. The attempt to breakdown this massing through a series of set-backs and recesses creates south-facing terraces or gardens on each level, which benefit from views across the city. This sequence and laudable provision of outdoor spaces provides a sculptural interest and character to the building, often rare in corporate office buildings.

photo © Jack Hobhouse
The two distinct shades of satin pink to the metal finned facade aids to split the block into two, with one being grounded by an exposed concrete colonnade. Everything on this building feels bespoke and colour matched to the ?pink? facade from the suspended lights in the colonnade to the paved flags on ...