Fashion Street
40-48 Fashion Street, London EC2
Meritcape Limited
Buckley Gray Yeoman's approach at Fashion Street is one of preservation rather than restoration, setting out to create interaction between the old and the new. A new 30,000 sq ft office building is currently on site behind the existing Grade II listed section of the old Moorish Market. The two buildings have been separated with an internal street, enlivening the space. The street is bridged at the upper levels as the two lift cores have been separated from the main structure, ensuring interaction between old and new. The entire facade is then wrapped in corten louvres providing materiality and animation.