Designs of the Times
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CITY WALKS This publication has been produced by the Architecture City of London – a uniquely diverse organisation with three main aims: to support and promote the City as the world leader in international finance and business services; to provide high quality local services and policing for the Square Mile; and to provide valued services to London and the nation as a whole. As a planning authority we help shape the City and its unique environment. We look for cutting- edge design in new buildings while protecting our historic and contemporary much-loved architecture. We have produced this publication in association with New London Architecture whose assistance is gratefully acknowledged. www.cityoflondon.gov.uk www.visitthecity.co.uk Designs of the times Discover the modern face of the City NLA is the centre for London's built environment, bringing together the key figures in London government, development and design to share knowledge, identify opportunities and debate the issues facing London's built environment through a regular programme of seminars, free talks, events and exhibitions. The NLA galleries in Store Street, which feature the Pipers Central London model, are open to the public six days a week and attract over 2,500 visitors from London and abroad each week. www.newlondonarchitecture.org RS L HIP L S 1 I T H City Information Centre (2007) N U B Y A dynamic contemporary structure in an R 16 U T B E P E S R SQ RIM T N area of exceptional architectural and S C I EARL RO T HIS ST S H WELL S F E S E C S T T A B E E G N A urban heritage, the centre’s triangular L O S U S T N S Barbican D L S I 14 T A P plan evolved from analysis of pedestrian E M R E T SI OP S T LK E E R M T ST A E KE N R A S L R A O T flows. Its folded metallic envelope is clad S NG 13 ST S G L LO G I N U S W A R S in stainless steel panels, and the sloping D L T E O I E N F E O roof facilitates the collection of rainwater W R E A UN O ION T L S O 15 T M S R M EL A to irrigate plants. It won the New City FO O DO T RE O N S FINSB ST G T M Moorgate U RY S Architecture Award 2007, the RIBA P 12 Liverpool O Architectural Excellence Award in 2009 T H C S Street I R D LI S L O N D O N W A L L C L V E I U S E R P and the Civic Trust Award for Greater I O B 11 L F OL 10 O N M 9 D O S D Alderm O L T N B London Region in 2009. The structure was N T Sq WA A S L E R T L B T T S G E A A designed by Make Architects. S L 8 D G E B iii O LO S R L V W O E D O I O O RM LA N WO S N O R OD ’ W 3 G T ST 17 A M N H S I W A C T AM G L R D T R N O E L S E S M A H A M A IL M A S E S M D L T S 7 T E T A T L O S G A R O R T U L E C B S T T K T T S D C GR D I 4 E L E S SH St Paul’s O O AM S O R T E F O W ON ST 6 K A ORT X R L LOTHBURY M T W L OG A L I R A H E 2 S T Y R A R T OSTE M Y W N E PATER R C R A O H G P SHAFT R W G R E R G E AP N W ST S 18 A 19 RD S I D YA ID N O E N L E P N H E I D M RC C E U i U N M J E O H K N C E T HRE A D E N H T S ’ AUL’ W S S T P 5 O D S T S I R S L C I S 30 B O T H P O S D UL T A T R 20 ii A Y T P N A E U G S T L’ R NHALL S ’S E LEADE C B CORNHIL L H URCHYARD W N Bank ATLIN E 22 G E ST T T S S 1 U RIA Q O T L E VIC OM 21 N K B M EE A I U I T Q K N R L A D S O 29 L G S O S ’ T H R W 24 T N C S B I H I R H L T L C I U R A L U I H H 28 W A N C W S C E M F F T E E N Mansion S C C HU S R C The City of London has House A H S T Walking Walking T R C G 27 A N A N O 23 L E N T ST always been a centre of D route route A Cannon G Street O W O O HILL R Start Finish D E A STCHE groundbreaking architecture. U P A P P E R T As a world leader in business H A A M L E S S iv W O S L T and finance, the City has to L A 26 H L L 25 O L W E A R continually adapt to changing T H A M E S needs – combining the best of the S T E G D old with the best of the new – and I R B over the centuries many of its buildings N O i D Temple Bar N O have become icons not just of London L At the south entrance but of the country as a whole. to Paternoster Square is this 350 year-old 2 monument. One of Paternoster Square (2000) This route has been devised to take you eight gates through Paternoster Square was redeveloped to through the City and explore some of the which people and create an appropriate setting for St Paul’s. traffic had to pass After a series of stop-start plans in the late latest developments in architecture. to enter the City, 1980s and early 1990s, Sir William Whitfield was From start to finish the walk will take about it was removed in 1878 because of brought in to masterplan the site, along with 90 minutes at an average walking pace. You congestion but architects including Richard MacCormac, can also dip in and out of sections of the route returned to its new Eric Parry, Allies and Morrison, and Michael City location in 2004. as many buildings are grouped closely together. Hopkins. The area now houses a selection of shops and restaurants, as well as the London Stock Exchange. The buildings chosen are just a sample of the many architecturally fascinating buildings you Merrill Lynch, Newgate Street (2001) 3 can see in the City. For a more comprehensive list Acclaimed as a significant architectural and fuller descriptions of each go to contribution to the City, this has provided www.visitthecity.co.uk/architecture Merrill Lynch with high quality office space, ii St Paul’s Cathedral The current cathedral, the fourth to occupy this site, was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and built between 1675 and 1710. One New Change As well as a spiritual One New Change (2010) 5 focus for the nation A new mixed-use scheme of office it has also become an icon of London. accommodation and retail space by architect Jean Nouvel, this is a significant addition to the City's landscape and a major part of the retail expansion ongoing on Cheapside. The building’s glass exterior is an attempt to echo the surrounding Portland Paternoster Square stone and brick façades. It has a gradual and two of Europe’s largest trading floors. change in density from clear to opaque, with The site is Grade II listed and includes four 22 different colours and more than 250 Scheduled Ancient Monuments, three different patterns. There are more than 6,300 major street frontages, three conservation glass panels of different sizes and shapes, with areas, and an operational post office railway One Wood Street 4,300 individually unique pieces of glass. Merrill Lynch, system. It was designed by Swanke Hayden 6 Newgate Street Connell Architects. One Wood Street (2007) Fletcher Priest Architects’ mixed-use scheme boasts a courtyard with grass and cherry trees. It features a dramatic lattice Portland stone façade, ‘pavilion style’ executive floor and two roof terraces to allow workers to gaze at St Paul’s. It sits opposite the oldest 10 Gresham Street tree in the City. 10 Gresham Street (2003) 7 The design includes 18m column free spans and full height glazing which provide great interior flexibility, whether for trading, open plan or cellular layouts.