55 Morning Lane
Date
Client
Size
Value
Stages
Sustainability
2017-2020
Dukeminster
90,000 sm
£280m Estimated
RIBA Stages 1-3
Target BREEAM Excellent
Air-rights joint-venture with Hackney Council and Tesco to develop above a supermarket
Day-to-day lead on design and consultant coordination, developing design intent with Rafael Vinoly
Efforts to mediate the development agreement between LBH, Tesco & Client; centring on parking provision between contract and policy
Challenging process with LBH planners resentful of LBH ownership
The Option Agreement was hamstrung by the overnight change in affordable housing provision from 20% to 35%
Given the vast quantum of development, there was constructive dialogue over townscape principles and adjusting the massing to suit specific views - however, at a political level, the density was too great for the locale
