The Minster Building

London

Ivanhoé Cambridge

2018

Our remodelling of this City icon gave it new clarity and identity. We repositioned it as somewhere for legal, media and tech sector occupiers, rather than the traditional insurance and financial companies.

The Minster Building is part of a complex of three structures in London’s financial district, built in the 1980s and originally owned by the Prudential insurance company. It had become something of an anachronism, loved and loathed alike, and in need of an upgrade to attract new tenants.

With Buckley Gray Yeoman we very much set out to reinvent this City icon, to appeal to the range of modern occupiers in the City of London. It was key to us that the building was able to embrace the way people work today, providing amenity and shared spaces, alongside the requirement for great office space. Historically the Estate has turned its back on the street, but with new active frontages and renewed permeability, the Minster Building is very much open for business.

Dan Higginson, Director, Grey Coat Real Estate

Mixology Awards Shortlisted, 2019
BD Architect of the Year Awards Shortlisted, 2019
RICS Awards Shortlisted, 2019
BCO Awards Shortlisted, 2019
Surface Design Awards Shortlisted, 2018
Blueprint Awards Shortlisted, 2018
AJ Retrofit Awards Shortlisted, 2018

Photography: Hufton + Crow