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Mansion
House
Tube
Station
&
Ormond
House,
63
Queen
Victoria
St
building
was
designed
by
The
Thomas
Saunders
Partnership
(TTSP)
in
1988.
Construction
began
in
early
1989
&
completed
in
1990.
Comprising
of
6
storeys
over
a
two
storey
basement
it
contains
offices
&
ground
floor
retail
outlets
with
an
initial
tender
cost 13.5m
Stg.
It
replaced
a
much
older
building
which
did
not
lend
itself
to
open
plan
office
layouts.
Part
of
lower
basement
contains
a
tube
station,
while
the
upper
basement
has
an
electrical
substation
&
plantroom.
Two
corners
of
the
building
have
stairwells
with
vaulted
roofs
above
it.
The
cladding
is
precast
concrete
panels
with
veneers
of
portland
stone
&
polished
Finnish
coral
granite.
It
contains
a
steel
frame
mansard
roof
with
natural
slate
&
stone
veneer
window
surrounds.
The
larger
cornice
above
the
4th
floor
projects
out
900mm
above
the
street
pavement
below.
The
polished
Finnish
coral
granite
extends
into
the
tube
station
entrance.
Some
specialist
elements
of
the
building
were
tendered
separately
by
the
design
team
rather
than
through
the
main
contractor
tendering
out.
Such
items
were
like
the
internal
lifts
&
cladding
packages.
Techcrete
were
a
nominated
cladding
subcontractor
having
won
the
cladding
tender.
Kawneer
were
nominated
the
external
joinery
subcontractors.
The
tube
station
was
revamped
using
the
existing
transport
lines.
The
station
remained
open
to
the
public
during
demolition
works
&
most
of
the
build
and
until
the
tube
station
fit-out
commenced.
A
recent
internal
office
fit
out
was
carried
out
of
the
2nd
floor
in
2018/19
and
was
leased
by
Savills
with
prime
rents
sought.
After
32
years
on,
this
building
still
looks
great
and
is
a
credit
to
all
contractors
&
the
design
teams
involved
to
which
l
was
a
member.
Special
credit
to
TTSP's
Scottish-Polish
Project
Archt
Wicek
Sosna
&
British-Czech
Archt
Associate
Director
Yarda
Vonka
at
that
time.
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