100 Wood Street
Architect/Designer:
Foster and Partners
Client:
Lloyds Bank and Helical Bar
Location:
City of London
Portland Stone:
Independent Basebed and Bowers Whitbed
Scope of Project:
Construction of multi-storey building with of Portland stone cladding on a rain screen system.
100 Wood Street is the first natural Portland Stone rainscreen cladding system approved by the Surveyors of the Corporation of London Planning & Surveying Department.
Albion Stone and Harrison Goldman entered into discussions with the Architect on the design of this very modern glass office block and the incorporation of large Portland Stone panels. The resulting revolutionary fixing system was the first rainscreen cladding of its kind.
A number of different Portland beds were considered by the Architect, however, not all were able to produce stone panels of the required size therefore Bowers Whitbed was selected.
Albion Stone set up two dedicated production lines to manufacture the stone panels for this project.
Shortly after the project started His Royal Highness Prince Philip viewed the production lines and discussed the work showing considerable interest in the innovative design.
Albion Stone prepared large panels of Independent Basebed at their factory which were used for internal wall linings and also supplied 600m² of Independent Basebed internal Cladding at 75mm.
The total amount of stone used on the project was over 200m³ supplied over a 9 month period from the Spring of 1999 to early 2000
As a fourth generation family business, Albion Stone takes pride in its knowledgeable and dedicated workforce. By combining traditional craftsmanship with modern manufacturing techniques, we produce Portland Stone of the highest quality while minimising our environmental impact.
