King's Cross Bridge

Offices | Mixed Use | Interiors

2012 | Complete

New office building completing the King's Cross island site along with the Lighthouse building.

King’s Cross Bridge completes the island site in front of the station, forming the final element of the urban block alongside the Grade II listed Lighthouse. The building was conceived as a lightweight addition, combining clear and mesh-filled solar glass with limestone fins. Its scale, height and structural rhythm respond directly to the proportions of its listed neighbour, while accommodating two storeys of offices above a raised ground-floor retail unit.

A sawtooth roof provides a distinctive profile while incorporating south-facing photovoltaic panels. Its north-facing rooflights bring consistent, diffuse daylight deep into the office floor, reducing reliance on artificial lighting and creating a comfortable working environment.

ClientUK Real Estate

The glazed upper floors lit at dusk on the corner site, with the King's Cross station clock tower beyond

The two glazed floors cantilevered above the shopfronts, alongside the neighbouring Victorian brick terrace

Stair with a brass handrail against a dark metal-clad wall, lit by daylight from the full-height glazing

Detail of the brass handrail and galvanised steel balusters against the dark metal stair wall

The building seen along the street, its glazed frontage set among older facades near the station

Reception with the stair rising past dark metal cladding, brass handrails and a large perforated pendant

The illuminated glazed floors at night, with a black cab passing in the foreground

The sawtooth glazed roof and upper floors seen from the street, with construction cranes beyond