Brent Cross Town (Plot 12)

History

Just 12 minutes from St. Pancras International and the heart of London, Brent Cross Town is the vibrant new redevelopment of Brent Cross Cricklewood. Best known as part of a commercial district with one of the UK’s largest shopping destinations, Brent Cross has been given a refresh in the 2020s as part of Argent Group’s Brent Cross Town redevelopment scheme, bringing 6,700 new homes to the area and a vision for the development to be carbon net zero by 2030.

Streamlined by Design, Delivered by Sapphire

Sapphire played a key role in supporting Maccreanor Lavington, Whittam Cox and Argent Group’s aspiration for a clean, safe and aesthetically unique development at Brent Cross Town (formerly known as Brent Cross Plot 12). This aspiration was part of the core constraint of the development – water management.

Water management was core to the design – both Sapphire and architects Maccreanor Lavington & Whittam Cox needed proof that waterlogging would not be risked at the ground level. Sapphire supplies a unique rainwater management plan alongside our innovative controlled edge drainage method, meaning no rear water pipes would be needed throughout any balcony elevations on the plot. Furthermore, drainage channels were incorporated into the hard landscaping below the balconies, meaning the controlled drainage option could be used.

Sapphire worked alongside the architects, client and contractors to standardise the original design plan. Rationalisation here meant bringing a cantilevered Cassette® balcony to more sections of the project and making the project more cost-effective for our customers.

Brent Cross Town called for a visual flair, so Sapphire worked to add a bespoke laser-cut aluminium panel to some elevations, giving the project its now distinctive aesthetic appeal.