Set between these facades, a staircase rises at the end of Denmark
Street enclosed with a frameless glass wall and capped with a glass
roof, flanked on two sides by walls of embossed concrete. The south-
western flank of the building reinforces the historic streetscape
of the High Street concealed by the modernist planning of the
1960s complex and completes the elevation with a decorative and
detailed facade of white precast concrete. The building is a highly
efficient single-core arrangement with interlocking units planned
to provide remarkable urban homes, raised above the pedestrian
level by a ground floor retail unit.
UNDERTAKING A CIVIC ROLE, THE BUILDING ACTS AS BOTH
A GATEWAY TO THE NEW ST GILES SQUARE AND DEFINES
A NEW PUBLIC SPACE IN FRONT REINFORCING THE
HISTORIC STREETSCAPE.