Goldsmiths – Patinated Brass Cladding

The Goldsmiths project is progressing rapidly on site, with most of the stonework completed, and the final panels of patinated brass being finished prior to installation. As with all of our projects, the combination of high quality complimentary materials is important, and we make regular visits to suppliers to check that the quality of production and supply is as high as it can be.

The metal cladding is particularly good example – it is hand-patinated by Capisco – a small team of highly skilled craftspeople in East London, ensuring that each cladding panel is unique, featuring a richly mottledbronze-coloured pattern. This is a really important feature of our design – this element of craftsmanship perfectly compliments our client – the venerable 700 year old jewellery institution that is The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths.

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The brass cladding panels are first pressed in Glasgow, before being shipped to Capisco’s workshops in Clapton, London. The panels start as a brightly-polished yellow colour, and are treated by up to seven different hand processes including chemical washes and blow-torching. The panels are then ready for inspection by our project architect, after which they can be installed on the building!

The build is going well on site – see this previous post  - which also gives further information on the project.

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Goldsmiths Centre published in Building Design Magazine!

“The brass cladding of John Lyall Architects’studios for the Goldsmiths Company in Clerkenwell gives a hint towards the work going on inside”

John Lyall Architects Goldsmiths Centre in Farringdon, London has been published in this weeks Building Design magazine. The article looks in particular detail at the  pre-patinated brass cladding, which has been hand finished to produce a rich colour and texture, with each panel being unique.

Click here to open a PDF version of the article.

The project is progressing well on site, and is due for completion in the autumn 2011. To see the latest site photos click here. For more design development images click here.

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Eagle Court Progressing Well on site!

Eagle Court – the new training centre for The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths – is progressing well on site.  Marked by the traditional topping out ceremony, the uppermost structural point of the building has now been completed (by contractors Balfour Beatty), and the internal spaces are really starting to take shape – including those within the existing Victorian school building:

 

The facility – due to open in Autumn 2011 – will provide post-graduate education, business start-up studio space, business skills tuition and support for young goldsmiths, plus craft skills training to pre-apprentice silversmiths close to Hatton Garden, the traditional home of the trade in London. The development comprises a new building – predominantly clad in limestone with  panels of patinated brass – and an adapted Grade Listed II Victorian School. The two distinct elements are linked by a glazed atrium. As well as the core educational facilities, the centre provides commercial workshop space, a large exhibition area, seminar space, a cafe and offices.

To read about the topping out ceremony on the Goldsmiths website, click here.

For more information and to see earlier sketches and design development models, click here.

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Goldsmiths Eagle Court progressing on site!

Work is fast progressing on our Eagle Court project for the Goldsmiths:

The primary function of the Centre is to provide post-graduate education, business start-up studio space, business skills tuition and support for young goldsmiths, plus craft skills training to pre-apprentice silversmiths close to Hatton Garden, the traditional home of the trade in London. The development comprises a new building – predominantly clad in limestone with  panels of patinated brass – and an adapted Grade Listed II Victorian School. The two distinct elements are linked by a glazed atrium. As well as the core educational facilities, the centre provides commercial workshop space, a large exhibition area, seminar space, a cafe and offices.

For more information and to see earlier sketches and design development models, click here.

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Goldsmiths Centre – JLA visit a Huddersfield quarry!

Construction work is well under way for the new Goldsmiths Centre in central London, and as part of our detailed design-development work associate Chris Bills visited a working quarry yesterday to check the exact stone spec was right for the building!

The project was conceived by The Goldsmiths’ Company for the Goldsmiths Centre Charity and represents a very significant project for the practice and for the Client. The primary function of the Centre is to provide post-graduate education, business start-up studio space, business skills tuition and support for young goldsmiths, plus craft skills training to pre-apprentice silversmiths close to Hatton Garden, the traditional home of the trade in London.

 

The quarry near Huddersfield which will supply the stone for the new Goldsmiths Centre.

 

The development comprises a new building – predominantly clad in limestone with  panels of corten steel – and an adapted Grade Listed II Victorian School. The two distinct elements are linked by a glazed atrium. As well as the core educational facilities, the centre provides commercial workshop space, a large exhibition area, seminar space, a cafe and offices. The use of high quality, durable materials which will compliment the existing building is crucial; this is why visiting the quarry itself was so important to us.

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The Goldsmiths Centre adds to our award winning work on historic buildings. For more information see The Corn Exchange, Perth City Hall, Thomas Neals, and The Pumphouse pages of our website.

 

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