Bracken House, City of London Architecture, Albert Richardson Building, Architect
Bracken House London Building
Office Building in City of London, England, UK – original design by Albert Richardson
post updated 18 June 2021
Bracken House London
Bracken House – redevelopment, 1 Friday St, City of London
Dates of renewal: 1989-91/2
Design: Michael Hopkins & Partners
New photographs from 12 Nov 2012:
photo © Adrian Welch
Original building Grade II listed
Bracken House, 1 Friday St / 10 Cannon Street, City of London, EC4
Dates built: 1955-59
Design: Albert Richardson
photo © Adrian Welch
This used to be the premises of the Financial Times newspaper. It was an H-shaped building with a central printing hall, flanked by two opposing wings of offices.
Hopkins Architects won the architectural competition to redevelop the building.
photo © Adrian Welch
This building is named after Bernard Bracken, former chairman of the Financial Times, which was published here until the 1980s – the printing process moved to the burgeoning Docklands area to the east.
The building was among the first post-war buildings in the City to be listed and its redevelopment retained the entire outside facade, including the elegant astronomical clock approximately 1m in diameter bearing at its centre a face of Winston Churchill, a personal friend of Bernard Bracken. The work of Philip Bentham in gilt metal and enamel, it has echoes of the formality and sophistication of a dial. Embellished with Roman numerals, it depicts months of the year, signs of the zodiac and a sunburst motif.
photos © Adrian Welch
The original printing hall was demolished and replaced by new dealing floors.
Client: Obayashi Europe BV
Bracken House renewal architect : Michael Hopkins
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Location: 1 Friday Street, London, England, UK
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