Outernet London’s The Now Building is an immersive entertainment space boasting the world’s largest high-resolution wrap-around screens and a futuristic live events venue to boost London’s live music scene.

Located close to Tottenham Court Road Underground Station in the Denmark Street area. It combines retail, leisure and entertainment spaces – including a hotel, with commercial offices and residential accommodation.

Delivering every aspect of this shell and core project from design, piling and foundations to temporary works, construction and MEP services, our team’s sustainability expertise saw the new buildings achieve BREEAM (2011) ‘Very Good’ rating. The domestic refurbishments are designed to meet BREEAM (2012) ‘Excellent’.

An intricate structure in a complex location

The project was unique in its challenges and appeal. The largest of the new buildings features an innovative, retractable façade, revealing an urban public gallery that will open at street level onto the high-resolution wrap-around screens.

The building’s foundations straddle the Crossrail tunnel, over which an underground ‘box within a box’ was constructed to contain an auditorium. This was built using innovative methodology to allow different parts of the scheme to be built simultaneously, significantly reducing programme time and costs.

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