New Lease of Life

Stanton Williams

Address:

36 Graham Street
London N1 8GJ
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)20 7880 6400

House is not your ordinary building; memories of mystery, intrigue and investigation are forever ingrained in its walls. Originally occupied by London’s Metropolitan Police for over half a century, and hosting the very first police computer in the 1960s, there was no denying that the new tenants of Tintagel House needed to pay homage to the buildings rich history.

Positioned on the Albert Embankment in Vauxhall, London, Tintagel House is now home to a 12-storey, 95,000 square-foot flexible working space for entrepreneurs and independent businesses. Operated by The Office Group (TOG), the new age space was refurbished and redesigned by architects, Stanton Williams, and interior design practice, Universal Design Studio.

The revived building caters for a variety of working styles with everything from secluded, quiet corners for head-down calm, to socially oriented public spaces that encourage the 17,000 TOG members to connect and generate opportunities.

In order to bring this building into the modern era and cater for its new age occupants, Stanton Williams opened up the floor plans, creating spacious communal areas. A more welcoming and open reception, as well as a rooftop bar and terrace, create a comfortable working environment and a sense of community. By adding two-storey colonnades and external, river-facing terraces, a relationship between the external and internal was created with the introverted, lower levels revived by natural light.

Tintagel House is now better suited to TOG’s generous communal environment and its open-plan, flexible layouts can be easily accommodated and reconfigured over time, inevitably futureproofing the entire building.

London-based interior design practice, Universal Design Studio has reawakened Tintagel House’s interiors with vibrant, bold colours and contemporary fittings while referencing the buildings rich heritage through its material palette. Facing brick and glazed tiles make up Tintagel House’s new exterior façade, also paying homage to the neighbourhoods’ pottery and glazed ceramic production during the 17th and 19th centuries.

Inside, brushed stainless steel, terrazzo and block colours adorn the extensive range of co-working, meeting and hospitality spaces. In addition to a members’ bar, café, gym, workshop space, a central ‘forum’ for events and executive suite on the top floor, Universal Design Studio built in a Secret Room – a speakeasy, member’s only space concealed behind a cleaner’s cupboard door entrance. Tintagel House is now a multifaceted hub for entrepreneurs and independent business which is sure to bring a new sense of energy and activity to the prominent riverside location.