2024-05-01T21:25:01-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150173071/zaha-hadid-architects-to-refurbish-southbank-tower-lobby-in-london Katherine Guimapang 2019-12-04T03:00:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/dc/dc67bece8796e5a714c5653acb36c379.gif" border="0" /><p>In true <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1761/parametric" target="_blank">parametric</a> fashion, Patrik Schumacher and the team at <a href="https://archinect.com/zaha-hadid" target="_blank">ZHA</a> have designed a striking new look for the lobby of the Southbank Tower in London. Considered to be "one of the UK's most ambitious renovation projects," the office building was completed in 1972 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Seifert" target="_blank">Richard Seifert</a> and then converted by <a href="https://archinect.com/kohnpedersenfox" target="_blank">Kohn Penderson Fox Associates (KPF)</a> from a 30-story office tower to a 41-story mixed-use complex in 2015.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3d/3da7a3f79da4dc45f98d58c2efedfe13.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3d/3da7a3f79da4dc45f98d58c2efedfe13.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Render by Arch018 srl. Image &copy; Zaha Hadid Architects</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/91/91c279657430b296466c47d15070c381.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/91/91c279657430b296466c47d15070c381.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Render by Arch018 srl. Image &copy; Zaha Hadid Architects</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/92/925933a54c195ef2d19e0dec22431afd.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/92/925933a54c195ef2d19e0dec22431afd.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Render by Arch018 srl. Image &copy; Zaha Hadid Architects</figcaption></figure><p>According to a press statement by ZHA, the overall lobby design pulls inspiration of flower petals. Using these organic forms the design team took this concept to create a series of overlapping petals to conceal the lighting infrastructure within the lobby. Fluid in nature, the lobby's new look is shaped using class fibre reinforced gypsum and features furniture created using 3D digital fabrication techniques. According to ZHA, "...</p>