Great Things Lie Ahead, 2020, Holborn House
by 6a architects x Caragh Thuring
Client Holborn Community Association
Award RIBA London Award 2023 and RIBA National Award 2023 (sponsored by Forterra). Shortlisted for the RIBA Reinvention Award 2023
Great Things Lie Ahead is the refurbishment and extension of a community gym in Holborn, London, to provide a new community building for the Holborn Community Association. 6a Architects have stripped the old basement back to its concrete structure and opened it to the sky, with a new roof with lantern rooflights over a multipurpose hall, and a two-storey street-facing extension providing the entrance and function spaces. The result is a more accessible and more visible building that has allowed the community association to expand the range of cultural, social, and sporting activities they can offer.
Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.
Contractor Quinn London
Structural Engineer Price and Myers
Environmental / M&E Engineer Ritchie+Daffin
Quantity Surveyor / Cost Consultant Jackson Coles
Building Control Sweco Building
Project Management Bidwells
Landscape Architect Dan Pearson Studio
Graphic Design John Morgan Studio
Party Wall Surveyor Avison Young
Internal area 415 m2 (gross)