Project Showcase

Thomas More Square London

Thomas More Square

Entec has developed designs for the public realm at Thomas More Square in central London. Working with Pringle Brandon Architects, the project seeks to refurbish and re-brand this valuable city centre commercial holding.

Built in the early 1990s, the site had a dated and clinical feel, which the client wished to transform. Situated adjacent to St. Katherine’s Dock by Tower Bridge, the site has the potential to create a dramatic new public landscape for the office workers and local community.

Entec’s design approach to the public realm looks to reinvigorate the spaces by ‘re-humanising’ them, incorporating softer elements such as textural planting, raised lawns, and the use of more natural forms. The space was dominated by hard paving, much of which is retained. New paving strips are introduced to give definition and all of the removed hard material is re-used in gabion retaining walls. The spaces are complemented by refined landscape detailing with new FSC sourced oak timber walls and seats, climber structures and a suite of new street furniture and lighting.

The scheme looks to integrate sustainable design measures to create a new aesthetic for a commercial public space with the emphasis on softening forms, re-use of materials and a significant increase in soft landscaping.

Project team

Lead Landscape Architect – Entec

Lead Consultant – Pringle Brandon

Engineer – Long and Partners

M & E Engineer – MJL

Project Management – Davis Langdon

Project Statistics

Location: Thomas More Street, London

Type: Commercial

Client: Land Securities

Contract value: Approx. £1 million

Completion date: June 2009