Lambeth Town Hall

London

Architect: Cartwright Pickard

Client: London Borough of Lambeth

Contractor: Morgan Sindall

Submitted by Cartwright Pickard

This project restores one of London’s finest Edwardian baroque town halls to its former glory. Beyond the general cleaning and repair of the rich red brickwork and handsome stone dressings of the ornate classical facade, little has changed externally. But inside, a typically labyrinthine warren of Edwardian accommodation has been rationalised and comprehensively renovated to simplify and rejuvenate the internal spaces. Interspersed among sumptuously restored historic interiors, a radical reconfiguration of entrances and circulation sees a soaring new atrium and bridge connection provide a powerful metaphor for the link between new and old.  

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