New Street Square, London
The New Street Square development, occupying a prominent site on New Fetter Lane in the City of London replaces an assortment of 1960s buildings with cutting-edge sustainable architecture and creates a new destination between High Holborn and Fleet Street.
Serving the ‘mid-town’ area of the City it provides a substantial group of new retail and office buildings for 9,000 workers. The square itself occupies an area of around 0.6Ha.
A tightly planned series of pedestrian routes integrate the new development with the lanes and courts that characterise the adjacent Fleet Street conservation area. These focus on a new public square paved with quality materials of Pietra del Cardosa Italian schist and Galway grey limestone, creating a ground plain for a range of informal and managed activities.