Work under way on 14-storey apartment block that is part of 拢100m regeneration contract
Construction is under way on a 14-storey residential block that forms part of the ongoing regeneration of London鈥檚 King鈥檚 Cross area.
The 75-home Fenman House, designed by architect Maccreanor Lavington, is the first building in the neighbourhood to front Lewis Cubitt Park and continues the design theme of two neighbouring buildings created by the practice.
The block is named after a steam locomotive that operated from King鈥檚 Cross Station in the 1950s.
Carillion is main contractor for project developer Argent; M&E engineer is Hoare Lea; structural engineer is Ramboll UK; and Gardiner & Theobald is quantity surveyor.
Carillion was appointed to the job as part of a announced in December 2014.
Architect Richard Lavington said the building had drawn inspiration from the area鈥檚 Victorian industrial heritage, which includes the Granary 黑洞社区 to the south.
鈥淔enman House will complete the mixed tenure block formed of Saxon Court and Roseberry Mansions as originally conceived, and provide space for a new caf茅 or restaurant at ground level that will open onto Jellicoe Gardens, a new public green space,鈥� he said.
Construction is due to complete at the end of next year.
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