The Dovetail Building, Spitalfields / EC3

Elizabeth Line-connected and Net Zero Carbon-committed, perfectly placed between (still Georgian) Spitalfields and (now, Gothamesque) EC3.

The Dovetail Building is a next generation office scheme totalling around 465,000 sq ft across 23 storeys, with panoramic City, Spitalfields and Shoreditch views. Designed by Simon Allford of AHMM, the building tackles head on the twin challenges posed by the strive for Net Zero Carbon and the necessary thrive of the post-pandemic workplace.

Market-leading sustainability credentials will include BREEAM Outstanding, LEED Platinum and WELL Platinum certification, less than 600 kg / CO2e / sq m of embodied carbon and 55 kWh / sq m of operational energy use. Urban greening is integrated into the design language of the building, which will deliver over 20,000 sq ft of cascading terraces and balconies, a double-height club / library / coffee bar floor half-way up, flex and co-working space, world class cycle facilities with bike workshops and totally reprogrammed and extensive public realm.

The Dovetail Building’s ambitious carbon targets have probed how net zero carbon can really be achieved, not just by looking green, but through intelligent ‘lean’ design and an interrogation of all the structural, mechanical and facade options, including an extensive mapping of all the respective supply chains. The embodied and operational energy targets set out above will result in the developer-owner and future resident companies working together in partnership to ensure smart ways of working.

The hyper-connected public transport links at nearby Liverpool Street Station will ensure that The Dovetail Building and its wider sub-market remains a vital commercial cluster with Financial, Tech, Insurance and Legal businesses all demanding their next generation buildings. Today, the district around The Dovetail Building is home to the (official or de-facto) European headquarters of companies such as Amazon, Uber, Swiss Re, Willis Towers Watson, UBS and Apple’s new fintech division. (And more American lawyers than an impeachment hearing).

The Dovetail Building has been designed to be a flexible, green, cutting edge HQ on Cutler Street.