50 St. Edmunds Terrace

Colourful gardens create luxury living in the city

Scape successfully obtained planning permission in the highly constrained & sensitive location; providing full design services & construction review.

Situated in the heart of Primrose Hill conservation area and overlooking Regents Park, the luxury new build development offers park side living at its most exclusive. Three elegant blocks of six, seven and nine stories form a private retreat next to London’s unique bustle, surrounded by acres of green space.

Clad in serene stone and bronze, the slender building forms are designed to respond to the ‘Regency’ proportions of the local context and incorporate landscaped courtyard gardens and green roofs to provide outdoor amenity space and a focus for residents.

DESIGN DETAILS

• 36 luxury apartments and one townhouse.
• Target Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4.
• ‘Mews’ spaces designed as verdant courtyard gardens .
• Rainwater harvesting for irrigation of gardens.
• Extensive acid grassland green roofs create wildlife habitats and energy saving benefits.
• Complex site constraints caused by critical Thames Water infrastructure
• 17% of scheme energy provided via renewable rooftop photovoltaic cells and ground source heat pump.
• Provision of Waterfeature & Irrigation M&E Design.

CLIENT:	CIT Developments Ltd
STATUS:	Completed 2015
SIZE:	1,500sqm Landscape
TEAM:	Squire & Partners; Mace; Fluid Structures; Long & Partners; Fountains Direct; Irritech