One Crown Place

During my tenure at KPF I had the opportunity to work as project architect on this new mixed-use development located in the heart of the city of London. I was in charged to manage the design coordination of all the 11 Penthouses and all the common areas such as entrance lobbies, lift lobbies and amenity areas (including gym and spa area, cinema, lounges, work hub, meeting rooms and building manager’s office).

For One Crown Place, the vision was: to create a building combining both imagination and efficiency. In practice, the team tested hundreds of options for the angles of the two towers, to ensure that the prism-like silhouette maximizes the views for those inside, it is also designed to have minimal impact on its surroundings, allowing as much natural light as possible to reach the streets below.

One Crown Place is a building that challenges the perception of what the City stands for today, radiating confidence from its prismatic silhouette and offering a welcome antidote to ubiquitous concrete and glass towers. Here a new generation of contemporary taste-makers are invited to make their home within sight of the City’s iconic boundaries.

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