The benefactors of Ladywell Playtower baths built them in 1884 response to the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875. They were one of the first public swimming pools in the country. They attracted thousands of local people in their prime, but they closed following a serious fire in 2006 and had since fallen into … Continued
Gaunt Francis’s connections with the Institute of Engineering & Technology (‘The IET’) go back a long way. In 2008 the practice was commissioned to renovate and overhaul Savoy Hill House, which was originally intended to provide staff accommodation and to connect to the IET HQ in Savoy Place. However, at completion this scheme was independently let … Continued
The brutalist behemoth that overlooks Piccadilly Gardens has been the subject of a series of conversion and upgrade proposals by various owners over the last few decades. The upper floors of its eastern end were converted and extended in the 1990’s to provide extensive space for a national health and fitness chain, but never occupied. … Continued
Gaunt Francis Architects were responsible for carrying out a £5m comprehensive upgrade of this existing former-warehouse in the Jewelry Quarter of Birmingham which has long been the home the College of Law (now the University of Law) in the city. The upgrade of the building was delivered in three phases over three years, all carried out … Continued
Formally the Public Records Office – ‘the strong box of the empire’ – Kings College London acquired this massive Victorian gothic edifice with a view to rationalising their various London libraries onto one site near their Strand Campus. Our concept was to break down the ‘prison-like’ internal planning to create a more spacious facility and … Continued
Temple Circus was the fifth project undertaken for the College of Law (now ‘University of Law’) in a rolling programme across the UK, to a tight construction programme and term deadline. An agreement to lease the ground and first floors of this major office building left the prospect of a limited street profile, and potential … Continued
The Pearson Building and the Slade School of Fine Art form two sides of the Grade 1 Listed quadrangle at the heart of the UCL Campus in central London. Through careful co-ordination with English Heritage and the Camden Planning Department, the interior of the 2600m2 Pearson Building has been reconfigured to create a series of … Continued
The conversion of a redundant office building for The College of Law (now the ‘University of Law’) to form a new teaching facility for approx. 1350 students. The facilities include 34 teaching rooms, a library to seat 250, café and cyber café, oral skills rooms, breakout spaces and staff and administration facilities. Our works included … Continued
The extension of an existing 19th Century colonial villa located on a beautiful site facing the Nile, to provide a new entrance hall, reception, registration and security facilities. The project also included the refurbishment of, and extension to, existing teaching facilities, library, offices and staff accommodation together with the creation of a new Knowledge and … Continued
