Key Details

Overview

Ibex House is a nine-storey Grade II listed 191,144 sq. ft freehold office building close to Aldgate and Whitechapel in London EC3.

The building will be home to a new cultural learning and exhibition centre at ground level and a new public café.

It also includes retention, internal expansion, and external refurbishment of an existing public house – ‘The Peacock’ – that will see its size increase from 227m2 to 563m2.

Public realm enhancements will be delivered around the site, including the introduction of a raised table on Portsoken Street, upgrades to the northern wall of Portsoken Street Garden, and footpath widening works on Haydon Street.

A total of 333 long-stay and 53 short-stay cycle parking spaces are planned, which is a significant improvement on the existing 89 cycle spaces provided.

The scheme responds appropriately to Circular Economy Principles through the retention of the existing building and would achieve a BREEAM ‘very good’ rating, rising to a targeted BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating through improvements in the detailed design.

Originally designed by Fuller, Hall, and Foulsham architects and completed in 1937.