The Peak in London, United Kingdom
The Peak is located in London, United Kingdom, Victoria Station has a new neighbour. The Peak, a new 11,280 sq m commercial office and retail building situated adjacent to the mid 19th century rail station has been officially opened by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson, symbolising its significance to the historic South London district.
The Sheppard Robson designed building, on behalf of Heron International, comprises 10,400m² of office accommodation over nine storeys, with 1,780m² of retail at street level, now occupied by international banking firm HBOS.
Designed to fit in with the detailed charm of surrounding buildings, including the adjoining Apollo Theatre, two of the elevations incorporate robust limestone-clad columns and spandrels with intricately designed glass solar shading louvres inbetween.
While designed to integrate with 19th century architecture, The Peak has been developed with 21st century sustainability in mind. The Louvres function as solar shading and the remainder of the façade design has been carefully developed to balance the requirements of natural daylighting and solar gain control. Two bore holes are used to supply water to a heat pump based air conditioning system and natural energy is collected using a sunstantial installation of photovoltaic panels and solar thermal collectors located at high level on the south façade.
The Peak Design Exterior 1
The Peak Design Exterior 2
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