Projects
Championing wellbeing and sustainability in office design
Paradise - Lambeth, London
Developed with Bywater, Paradise combines design innovation with a strong low-carbon agenda and is the largest exposed mass timber office in London to date.
Architect: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
For: Bywater Properties
“Paradise is everything we hoped for and more. This is us rethinking what a central London development can be, not just in form, but in feeling. A place where sustainability, community and creativity don’t just co-exist, they drive everything. Paradise is timber-led, design-forward, and proudly different. It’s rare to get the chance to shape something this meaningful. Even rarer to do it with a team that genuinely believes in a better way of building”. Pavlos Clifton – Bywater Properties
Originally conceived as a traditional office structure, the scheme was reimagined as a timber-first building to meet the client’s sustainability goals and create a distinctive identity. Key features include the visually exposed glulam and CLT frame, and diagonal columns between the second and third floors that transfer the column grid.
Engenuiti collaborated with Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios, Webb Yates Engineers and OFR Consultants to deliver an innovative structural timber strategy for fire design that met the regulations for buildings over 18m. This included designing the exposed timber to exceed standard fire resistance requirements outlined in the Eurocode and completing a small scale fire test to demonstrate a strong likelihood of self-extinguishment.
On a constrained site beside the Waterloo viaduct, the project relied on offsite fabrication, just-in-time delivery, and efficient sequencing. Whilst under construction the project caught the attention of 250,000 daily commuters, helping to promote low-carbon timber construction to a wider audience.
Awards
Institution of Structural Engineers Awards 2025 Shortlisted - Paradise11
Building Innovation Awards 2025 Most Sustainable Building Project - Paradise11
Building Innovation Awards 2025 Best Use of Advanced Materials - Paradise11
New London Awards 2025 Commended: Workplaces - Paradise11
Wood Awards 2025 Structural Award Winner - Paradise11
Offsite Awards 2025 Engineer of the Year - Paradise11
Offsite Awards 2025 Highly Commended: Commercial Project of the Year - Paradise11
Offsite Awards 2025 Best Use of Timber - Paradise11
Offsite Awards 2025 Winners of Winners - Paradise11
Structural Timber Awards 2025 Shortlisted: Engineer of the Year - Paradise11
Structural Timber Awards 2025 Shortlisted: Commerical Project of the Year - Paradise11
Structural Timber Awards 2025 Shortlisted: Project of the Year - Paradise11
Structural Timber Awards 2025 Shortlisted: Pioneer of the Year - Paradise11
Built by Nature 2025 Commended - Paradise11
World Architecture Festival 2021 Climate, Energy & Carbon Award - Paradise11
Photography © Andy Stagg & B&K Structures & Gilbert-Ash
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