20 Old Bailey Offices, English Building, Refurbishment and Extension, Architecture Images
20 Old Bailey Offices in London
Building Refurbishment and Extension Project in London, UK – design by BuckleyGrayYeoman
8 Dec 2017
20 Old Bailey
Architects: BuckleyGrayYeoman
Location: 20 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7EN, UK
BuckleyGrayYeoman has completed the 240,000 sq ft refurbishment and extension of 20 Old Bailey in the City of London on behalf of Blackstone.

20 Old Bailey delivers high quality, contemporary office space directly opposite England?s Grade II* listed Central Criminal Court on Old Bailey.

BuckleyGrayYeoman?s refurbishment has in-filled under-used spaces, rearranged the cores and servicing and added a two-storey extension to create 2,900 sqm of additional space on the site.
The redevelopment has replaced the building?s tired 1980s façade and substantially revised the inefficient layout of the existing building, introducing a new internal ?street? at ground level which links Old Bailey to Fleet Place.

The new façade features a natural stone frontage with bronze coloured window reveals to match the materials used in the retained parts of the building. A light-coloured buff limestone cladding has been chosen to refresh and lighten the building visually, but also to reference neighbouring developments.

Upon entrance, a material palette of polished plaster and bronze detailing is used to line the internal street and give an appearance of a hard-edged extern...