The Cube

Energy and sustainability, Hawkins\Brown, High Density, Politics and economics, Project, Senseable Technologies, Technology and fabrication, Urban Paradigms

Carbon-emissions, CO2 emissions, Cross Laminated Timber, Ecological agencies, Ecological researches, Energetic Approach, Environmental&technological, Experimental Fabrications, Experimental housing, Housing, Innovation, london, Material experimentation, Materials, Natural materials, New materials, Political & Economic Approach, Project, Renewable resources, Responsive technologies, Sustainability, Technological Approach, Timber, UK, Urban Paradigms, Wood, Wood construction

Hawkins\Brown and Regal Homes complete The Cube at 17 – 21 Wenlock Road, Hackney: Europe’s tallest hybrid CLT residential building.
Hawkins\Brown, as commissioned by Regal Homes, has completed 49 new homes on Wenlock Road in Hackney. The £10 million Cube building, located at 17 – 21 Wenlock Road, has a unique timber/steel hybrid structure and is the tallest building to use structural cross-laminated timber in Europe, with its ten stories reaching a total height of 33 metres.

Housing Design Awards 2017 - Competed Schemes - Shortlisted

Hackney Design Awards 2016 - Winner

Structural Awards 2016 - Community or Residential Structures - Shortlisted

Off Site Awards 2015 - Winner of Winners - Winner

Off Site Awards 2015 - Best Hybrid Construction Project - Winner

Structural Timber Awards 2015 - Private Housing Project of the Year - Shortlisted

Celebrating Construction Awards 2015 - Innovation - Winner

London Evening Standard New Homes Awards 2015 - Home or Development of Outstanding Architectural Merit - Winner

International Property Awards 2014 - Mixed-use Architecture - Shortlisted

The SundayTimes British Homes Awards 2014 - Housing Project - Commendation