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New Court

4-7 St Swithin's Lane

London

EC4P 4DU


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Architect: Rem Koolhaas and Ellen van Loon at OMA
Built: 2010
Size: 13,000m²
Structural engineer: Arup
Developer: Stanhope

This new City building is Pritzker Prize-winning architect Rem Koolhaas’ and architecture firm OMA’s first major building in London. The Dutch maestro has designed the new headquarters for exclusive investment bank, Rothschild, along with Ellen van Loon. The building’s talking point is its distinctive ‘sky pavilion’, reportedly intended to be a modernistic reinterpretation of a turret, offering views across the City, including St Paul’s Cathedral. The bulk of the tower is clad in glazed curtain walls with a metal mesh integrated into the glass. This, combined with the aluminium, gives the building a solid metallic feel. New Court is enclosed in a cluster of buildings and is adjacent to historic St Stephen Walbrook church with the main entrance on the narrow St Swithin’s Lane.

The redevelopment enables Rothschild to house its entire London staff in a single modern, efficient building. The structure is made up of a central core of 10 office floors linked to three annexes, with an auditorium, vertical circulation, outdoor meeting rooms and a landscaped roof garden.