Coherent conversion

摘要

The small 'Heals Building' sign and understated canopy (galvanised metal, neon-free) sum up architect Trehearne Norman's nononsense approach to this refurbishment. The Heal's Building, off Tottenham Court Road, central London, was originally a collection of buildings, dating from 1916 to 1926, which were used by Heal's, the department store, as storage and workshops. Recently sold to Threadneedle Property Fund, the complex has been converted by T N into 13,500m~2 of shell-and-core office space; 95 per cent of which has already been let, mostly to tenants working in design or the media.