New lobby, end-of-trip facilities and roof garden added to 60 Threadneedle Street
John Robertson Architects has completed a refurbishment of an Eric Parry-designed office building in the heart of the City of London.
The retrofit specialist has repurposed parts of 60 Threadneedle Street, a prominent nine-storey corner building next to the Bank of England which was originally completed in 2009 for Hammerson.
Since opening, the building has been home to several financial institutions including USS, the UK’s largest private pension scheme, and Berenberg Bank, the world’s oldest merchant bank.
JRA’s work on the site, completed by main contractor BW, has reimagined the building’s arrival experience, replacing entrance doors and ground floor cladding while overhauling the lobby with a new coffee bar and lounge area.
At upper levels, the practice has transformed the interior of the eighth storey and created a new landscaped terrace on the roof, which had previously been used solely for maintenance access.
A former car park in the basement has also been repurposed to provide new end-of-journey facilities including showers, changing rooms, ironing stations and cycle storage to promote active travel.
JRA director Nathalie Bergvall said the practice had made “targeted, impactful” updates to the building to ensure it reaches the standards of modern office occupiers.
She said: “While Eric Parry’s design is an iconic aspect of Bank’s heritage townscape, after 15 years of use, parts of the original design needed an additional layer of up-to-date facilities to allow it to be ready to future proof the building for the next 15 years.”
The project team also included project manager Knight Frank, planning consultant Rolfe Judd, structural engineer Parmarbrook, services engineer WP3, lighting consultant Hoare Lea, marketing consultant Cushman and Wakefield and landscape designer Giverny Flowers.
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