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11-12 Floral Street
11-12 Floral Street
London, United Kingdom
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Other Projects by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
11-12 Floral Street
London, United Kingdom
A distinctive new retail façade, commissioned by Capital & Counties Properties PLC (Capco), designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), and further developed by Brimelow McSweeney Architects with Darwen Terracotta, has been completed at 11 Floral Street in Covent Garden. The shopfront draws inspiration from the building’s original use as a seed warehouse, using the texture and form of a seed pod to create bespoke faience tiles with a delicate repeating pattern.
Prior to refurbishment, the former Victorian warehouse had been used as The Sanctuary and featured a single-storey, 1980’s shopfront. KPF’s design references the original form of the warehouse, reinstating a two-storey frontage and using a scale and arrangement more appropriate to the wider site and 11 Floral Street’s position as the conclusion of the view from Long Acre.
The use of glazed brick and tiles is common throughout Covent Garden and this informed the use of faience tiles which were developed with manufacturer Darwen Terracotta, using extensive sampling and prototyping. The patterned and textured surface of the shopfront creates a façade that references, through form and materiality, the historic context of the site.
The shopfront was designed as one of a series of ‘events’ on Floral Street, which include the ‘Bridge of Aspiration’ at the Royal Ballet School, by Wilkinson Eyre, and the feature bay of Floral Court – another project by KPF – which help to define Floral Street’s identity.
Design architect for the shopfront to No. 11 Floral Street and faience panels, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. Executive architect for the shopfront to No.11 Floral Street Brimelow McSweeney Architects. Tiles by Darwen Terracotta.
Prior to refurbishment, the former Victorian warehouse had been used as The Sanctuary and featured a single-storey, 1980’s shopfront. KPF’s design references the original form of the warehouse, reinstating a two-storey frontage and using a scale and arrangement more appropriate to the wider site and 11 Floral Street’s position as the conclusion of the view from Long Acre.
The use of glazed brick and tiles is common throughout Covent Garden and this informed the use of faience tiles which were developed with manufacturer Darwen Terracotta, using extensive sampling and prototyping. The patterned and textured surface of the shopfront creates a façade that references, through form and materiality, the historic context of the site.
The shopfront was designed as one of a series of ‘events’ on Floral Street, which include the ‘Bridge of Aspiration’ at the Royal Ballet School, by Wilkinson Eyre, and the feature bay of Floral Court – another project by KPF – which help to define Floral Street’s identity.
Design architect for the shopfront to No. 11 Floral Street and faience panels, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. Executive architect for the shopfront to No.11 Floral Street Brimelow McSweeney Architects. Tiles by Darwen Terracotta.
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