Lexicon

Key facts & challenges

Summary

Lexicon comprises 307 apartments – 200 for private sale and 107 affordable housing units.

Sector

Multi Residential

Project Value

£160m

Client

Mount Anvil and Affinity Sutton

Contractor

Mount Anvil

Subcontractor

PIB Contractors

Location

London, EC1, UK

Country

UK

Installation Description

“The complicated façade system was technically very demanding - we needed bespoke detailing to get the best fit for the partitions that also met the required performance criteria.”

Installation

For the façade, the architects SOM had specified enamelled glass panels set within a ventilated cavity. On a 36-storey tower, it caused movement between the structure and the external façade which meant the building would not have met the required performance criteria. The challenge was to create bespoke design detail around the party wall and external column detail.

Quote from

Keith Ward, Projects Manager Mount Anvil

Impact

Islington is one of the most desirable areas of London, yet the Bunhill Ward is one of the 20 most deprived in London. Lexicon has provided employment opportunities for contractors and now completed, further job opportunities in the retail and leisure facilities. In addition to the private homes made available, one-third of the units available are allocated to social housing through Affinity Sutton. The Lexicon scheme not only contributes to the London Mayor’s annual home building target of 42,000 homes a year, but ensures that central London remains socially diverse.