Aldenham Road Mixed Use Development – London
Linden Hill Capital Management
Watford, London
Bowman Riley developed designs for a new high-quality mixed-use building in Watford, enhancing the street scene and community.
The project entailed demolishing a commercial showroom and erecting a three-storey building. The ground floor contains a fitness centre, while the upper floors provide nine well-proportioned apartments designed for ample natural light, with accompanying car and cycle parking.
We specified a simple palette of attractive and high-quality materials to blend well with the surrounding context and was detailed carefully to be durable and age gracefully. Landscape improvements were made to enhance the ecological value.
The method of construction used was Thermohouse, an energy-efficient building system featuring insulated concrete walls, panels for floors and roofs, resulting in robust structures with minimal environmental impact.
The building aligns with the Local Development Plan, filling a gap in the street frontage and harmonising with neighbouring structures.
Three years after completion, we achieved planning approval for an additional storey housing two one-bedroom apartments with studies and private terraces.
The vertical extension, using London Stock brick to match the existing building, integrates with the existing Thermohouse system and provides environmental benefits by reducing the impact of two additional apartments within the building footprint and by reducing materials.