Law firm due to move into 2 Aldermanbury Square by 2028
Allies and Morrison has unveiled fresh images of developer Great Portland Estates’ largest completed office scheme at 2 Aldermanbury Square in the City of London.
The job reached practical completion in March with the 13-storey scheme running across 321,650sq ft of space and has replaced a 1980s building called City Place House which was torn down by Keltbray. Main contractor on the job was Bovis.
It will be the new home of law firm Clifford Chance which is returning to the City after striking a deal four years ago to leave its Canary Wharf headquarters in 2028.
Overbury is carrying out the £150m fit out contract after beating Mace to the job last year.
GPE’s director of development management Piers Blewitt said: “This project is GPE’s largest single office development and was pre-let entirely off-plan to Clifford Chance. It is almost double the size of the previous building, has the highest sustainability standards and delivers much improved public realm.”
Artur Carulla, partner at Allies and Morrison, added: “We set out to demonstrate that a commercial building on a constrained City site can deliver high quality workspace alongside meaningful public realm contributions, while meeting industry leading sustainability targets.
“Large scale circular strategies, including the retention of existing groundworks, the use of material passports, and a commitment to recycled procurement, significantly reduced embodied carbon.”
Others to work on the 2 Aldermanbury job included QS Gardiner & Theobald, structural engineer Arup, project manager Cogent and M&E engineer Sweco.
All pictures Richard Leeney/Edmund Sumner
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