The Natural Stone Awards is an event that celebrates the brightest and best natural stone projects across the United Kingdom. Choosing the most recognizable construction projects in all the industry.
This award is organized by The Natural Stone Federation that helps to promote the use of natural stone as the main sustainable building material.This event is compulsory for exposing the winners to our industry as well as winning one of the industry’s most sought-after accolades.
The 2020 Shortlist is out and the project supplied by LSI, Barts Square was announced as one of the chosen projects for the category New Build Modern Style Stone Cladding.
New Build Modern Style Stone Cladding Nominees:
- Island House
- Barts Square
- St John’s Library & Study Centre
- 8 Chesterfield Hill, London
- UCD Confucius Institute
Location
London, UK
Status
Completed, 2019
Natural Stone
Cabeca Veada
Architect
Sheppard Robson
The Building
Barts Square is a patchwork of buildings and uses, located at the city gate at Crossrail Farringdon Station. This scheme offers the perfect balance of new and old life, exclusivity, and accessibility. The architect’s inspiration come from the 19th century industrial architecture with a warm, simple, and harmonious palette. The design of the new buildings picks up on Smithfield’s traditional warehouses and classic stone-and-brick façades. One of the buildings of the Phase 3, is completely cladded with Portuguese natural stone. The limestone façade adds neutrality and calm to the area. The attention to details was a key step into the making of this project. The exterior façade is coated with Cabeca Veada limestone. This limestone from Portugal has a light beige/ white homogeneous colour, fine brown grain, and medium hardness. Its characteristics are similar to Moleanos limestone, perfect for exterior claddings and strong weather conditions.
On the first half of the building, it was installed 100mm thick limestone pieces with a honed finish, creating a smooth and soft edge look. The upper façade adds a remarkable stone detail creating a modern, ribbed, and clean texture that divides the façade into two different sections. The interior design is filled with space, light, and texture. The use of soft, warm, and polished colour stones creates a welcoming and comforting palette and an effortless urban elegance.
Discover all the nominees here.
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