{"id":436221,"date":"2026-02-20T14:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/436221\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:11:14","slug":"bureau-de-change-upcycles-1980s-brick-skin-into-mock-georgian-facade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/436221\/","title":{"rendered":"Bureau de Change upcycles 1980s brick skin into mock-Georgian fa\u00e7ade\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A four-storey red brick residential building on Drummond Street in London\u2019s Euston, dating from the 1980s, has been retrofitted with two new floors added on top, accommodating five new apartments.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-816661\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2512_Drummond_St_Gilbert_McCarragher_001_V2_Hi_Res-scaled.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1874\" height=\"2560\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The new building, dubbed Trace, echoes the area\u2019s history of Georgian terraces with a fa\u00e7ade formed of vertical arched openings arranged within rustications. The front fa\u00e7ade has larger windows while to the rear enclosed balconies act as winter gardens.<\/p>\n<p>The building has reused the original foundations and structure while the new fa\u00e7ade was formed using materials harvested from the demolition process. The mid-brown bricks of the earlier 1980s fa\u00e7ade were crushed together with other demolition waste to create the visible aggregate in the new fa\u00e7ade\u2019s composite cladding panels. The rusticated texture of the fa\u00e7ade is emphasised by the colour of the panels, which range from cream to salmon-pink, adding visual depth and interest to its surface.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-816668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2512_Drummond_St_Gilbert_McCarragher_008_V2_Hi_Res-scaled.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1968\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The first, second, and third-floor flats are two-bedroom apartments, while the two fourth and fifth-storey units are one-bedroom duplexes. The double-aspect living areas have cranked plans, defining different areas for different activities. Flats on the first, second and third floor floors are provided with rear-facing balconies offering out-door amenity space, while the upper floor duplexes have generous terraces.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-816670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2512_Drummond_St_Gilbert_McCarragher_010_Hi_Res-scaled.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1677\" height=\"2560\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Architect\u2019s view<\/p>\n<p>Trace looks both backwards and forwards. By combining traditional architectural memory with contemporary fabrication, we\u2019ve created a building rooted in its context yet designed for future living. The circular principle of repurposing the fa\u00e7ade became a guiding idea, both environmentally and conceptually for the project as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Billy Mavropoulos, co-founder and director, Bureau de Change<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-816674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2512_Drummond_St_Gilbert_McCarragher_016_Hi_Res-scaled.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1693\" height=\"2560\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Client\u2019s view<\/p>\n<p>Trace demonstrates how far we can push reuse. We chose to work with what the site already had, minimising waste. Transforming the brick fa\u00e7ade into the new envelope and selecting other recycled or low-impact materials throughout makes for a uniquely sustainable expression of the building\u2019s continuity.<\/p>\n<p>Dicle Guntas, managing director, HGG London<\/p>\n<p class=\"picture\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-816679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/155DR_Plan-1st-scaled.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Project data<\/p>\n<p>Location Euston, London<br \/>Start on site May 2024<br \/>Completion\u00a0December 2025<br \/>Gross internal floor area 400m2<br \/>Form of contract\u00a0Traditional<br \/>Architect Bureau de Change architects<br \/>Client HGG London<br \/>Main contractor\u00a0HGG Construction<br \/>Structural engineer HRW<br \/>M&amp;E consultant Integration<br \/>Planning consultant Maddox<br \/>CDM co-ordinator Base Solutions<br \/>Approved building inspector London Building Control<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A four-storey red brick residential building on Drummond Street in London\u2019s Euston, dating from the 1980s, has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,159060,1120,96,159061,4658,56,54,55,96048],"class_list":["post-436221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-bureau-de-change-architects","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-euston","tag-housing","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-upcycling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}