Information about this scheme

10 Lewis Cubitt Square is a mixed-use building and a key piece of the King’s Cross masterplan, supplementing an area of the developing neighbourhood and complementing an established public realm. The large flexible retail unit to the south continues the retail journey from Coal Drops Yard up on to the square and to the north is a flexible arts and cultural space with an open, welcoming and engaging double-height foyer space. The flexible cultural space is designed to house a 600-seat flexible theatre auditorium capable of a variety of staging configurations. A generous office lobby facing on to Lewis Cubitt Square and a characterful cycle entrance on Wollstonecraft Street together create an appealing office arrival experience. The building’s facade is designed to provide a distinctive but contextual backdrop to the square. A white, honed pre-cast concrete frame is embedded with stones and aggregates of colours influenced by the materiality of the square itself. This universal frame of pre-cast concrete is articulated differently throughout the building to create areas of deep facade, as well as a differing vertical and horizontal language between the lower and upper parts of the building. The ground elevations are designed to provide visual and experiential variety and quality to the streetscape as well as unify the variety of public uses. Throughout the building, external amenity, extensive greenery and integrated planting has been considered to positively contribute to user’s wellbeing. Strategic use of planting at terraces and loggia provides invaluable green space for building users, as well as urban greening to the building in the city.

Judges’ Comments: 

“A new landmark building that creates a stunning civic backdrop to Lewis Cubitt Square.”