London Square Bermondsey shortlisted for a 2024 Housing Design Award 11.04.24

The masterplan for London Square Bermondsey has been shortlisted for a 2024 Housing Design Award.

This regeneration of a run-down and disjointed industrial estate in central London brings many vacant and under-used buildings with historic value back into use. The site includes some of the last remaining examples of buildings for the tannery trade, an industry that came to define Bermondsey in the 19th and early 20th century. From the early 20th century, the site was used by Crosse & Blackwell as its main London processing and canning factory. The scheme refurbishes these existing buildings and supplements them with new ones to provide new commercial, retail and residential uses.

The masterplan provides for more than 400 new homes, 35% of which will be affordable and social housing, with a new commercial hub of approximately 20,000 square metres dedicated to small and medium-sized enterprises. This allows the retention of two resident artist groups – The Drawing Room/Tannery Arts and Southwark Studios – who were previously located on the site and with whom the design team has collaborated on parts of the scheme to create a better sense of place.

Following an invited competition, the delivery of the masterplan has been supported by Coffey Architects and Studio Egret West Architects.