Key Details

Overview

61-65 Holborn Viaduct is a student accommodation development at 61-65 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1.

Designed by Stiff + Trevillion Architects and Jonathan Cook Landscape Architects, the scheme will deliver urgently needed student housing in the heart of Central London.

Dominvs worked closely with the London School of Economics on the scheme, located at a few minutes’ walk from the university’s main campus. The LSE seeks to increase its number of student beds from 4,500 to 6,000 over the next 5 years, following the Government’s recent commitment to the enrolment of 600,000 international students by 2030.

The development will deliver high-quality space for student interaction as well as amenity space for the local community. Building upon the success of the award-winning meanwhile use Gaia’s Garden cultural project which was held on site, the ground floor will house a mix of cultural and performance space in partnership with the Creative Land Trust, a charity supported by the Mayor for London and Arts Council England, for the local community to exhibit artworks and collaborate.

The local community and wider general public will also benefit from an improved public realm, including a new viaduct connecting Holborn Viaduct and Snow Hill, as well as a gateway to the new Museum of London at Smithfield’s. The public will also have access to a roof terrace offering panoramic views across the east of the city towards St Paul’s Cathedral.

The amenities in the development include an on-site cafe/bar, cinema room, music rooms, games area and gym.

Students will also benefit from access to local public transport and 494 long-term and 32 short stay cycle parking spaces, of which 5% will be accessible for adapted cycles.

The development will target BREEAM Excellent and has been designed to be climate resilient – including urban greening and water-saving measures – with the aim of reducing operational carbon emissions.

The 644 rooms comprise a mix of bedroom types including studios, two-dios and ensuites including cluster apartments, with 64 rooms proposed as wheelchair accessible.

History

Formerly known as Citicape House.

2020 January - City of London approves plans for the greenest building in the capital. New Hotel Plans for the existing office building to be demolished to make way for a 382-bedroom hotel featuring the vertical l61-65 Holborn Viaductandscaping designed by Sheppard Robson.
Living Wall The hotel was planned to have a 40,000 square feet living wall within the façade, which will annually capture over 8 tonnes of carbon, produce 6 tonnes of oxygen, and lower the local temperature by 3-5 degrees Celsius. The wall will significantly contribute towards improving local air quality, by trapping approximately 500kg of particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) per year.

2019 September - Planning application submitted for: Demolition of existing building structure and erection of a 55m high mixed-use building comprising hotel use, restaurant / bar use, office workspace use, flexible hotel / cafe / workspace and publicly accessible 540m2 terrace at roof level. City of London Ref. No: 19/01038/FULMAJ.